Federal court denies injunction request in UA student magazine closure suit

Federal judge rules against University of Alabama student publications shut down over DEI

A federal court last week declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the University of Alabama that would have reinstated two suspended student publications.

Federal court denies injunction request in UA student magazine closure suit

A federal court has momentarily upheld the University of Alabama’s shuttering of two student magazines, denying challengers’ temporary injunction request.

Judge sides with U. Alabama in defunding black, women focused student magazines

University claims student-run magazines were ‘unlawful proxies’ for sex and race discrimination A federal judge sided with the University of Alabama on Friday over its decision to defund two student-run magazines focused on black and female audiences. The ruling drew criticism from the Student Press Law Center, which described the university’s actions as “blatant” censorship. Source

Federal judge denies UA students’ preliminary injunction request in magazine lawsuit

A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction request against The University of Alabama in the lawsuit over the closure of Alice and Nineteen-Fifty Six magazines last Friday. The injunction, if granted, would have forced the University to reopen the shuttered magazines. The ruling was condemned by the Student Press Law Center, an organization representing student journalists. In the ruling Judge Edmond LaCour wrote that the student plaintiffs …