Idaho University Pays 90,000 in freedom of speech case

It's hard to find any details about why the no-contact order was issued.

But from what I'm reading in the case text here, it would seem as if the university made a boo boo by misinterpreting Title IX to justify their no-contact order in the name of the "creating a harmonious environment"

The defendants in the case used the justification of " the no-contact orders protect Jane Doe from being an “unwilling recipient” of speech she disagrees with"

If further elaborates:

It does appear that Jane Doe was issued a similar order at her request. Each of the Plaintiffs no-contact orders state as much. But there is a stark difference between a student receiving an order because she said, “I don't want people contacting me and, therefore, I agree not to contact them,” and a student receiving an order saying, “You cannot contact other people because of your behavior/speech/viewpoint.”



Based on the case text, it does appear the court made the right call.

The "right to be insulated from ideas you disagree with" is a made-up one. There's not such thing as "a right not to be offended"

I can't find any reports of them actually harassing or threatening this "Jane Doe" in question (if there was, I'm sure there would've been a dozen articles about it from MSNBC and Slate)

So until I see evidence otherwise, I'll assume this was a student being over-sensitive, causing the university to over-react, and thus spawning a lawsuit.

ThatRobGuy said:

Based on the case text, it does appear the court made the right call.

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No court made a call. The university settled.