Med Student Takes Anti-Abortion Facebook Rant Case to High Court

A former University of New Mexico medical student asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his First Amendment lawsuit challenging the school’s decision to make him undergo professionalism training after he posted a profanity-laced anti-abortion screed on Facebook.

“There is a limit to the government’s ability to restrict the private speech of those citizens who are employed by or matriculate at public institutions,” Paul Hunt says in his petition. “The line was flagrantly crossed.”

The Facebook post in question, written shortly after the 2012 presidential election, referred to Barack Obama’s supporters as “sick, disgusting people” who support “genocide against the ...