An ex-student at Valdosta State University in Georgia won a $900,000 settlement in a First Amendment case. Without due process, the college’s president expelled Hayden Barnes in 2007 for a satirical Facebook posting protesting the plans for constructing two parking garages on campus. (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, July 23, 20125, press release)
A federal jury ruled in 2013 ruled that president Ronald Vaccari was personally responsible for expelling Barnes and ordered him to pay $50,000. (The Daily Caller, July 24, 2015, by Blake Neff)