Students for Justice in Palestine sues to hold Oct. 7 ‘vigil’ at University of Maryland

Pro-Palestinian students have filed a free-speech lawsuit against the University of Maryland for nixing their plans to hold a “vigil” honoring “the lives lost during Israel’s ongoing genocide” on Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians. The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at the University of Maryland, College Park, argued that the university violated the First Amendment by declaring that student-led campus events would be prohibited on Oct. 7, citing concerns about campus safety. University President Darryll Pines said in a Sept. 1 message...