The 8-1 Supreme Court decision on March 8 requiring accountability for public officials violating individuals’ constitutional rights has huge significance beyond the college campus where the case originated, according to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys. With only Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, the high court held in a case brought by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on behalf of former Gwinnett College student Chike Uzuegbunam that school officials violated his First Amendment rights by barring him from sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a free speech zone on the campus. “Campus policy at that time prohibited using the free speech zone to say anything that ‘disturbs the peace and/or comfort of person(s).’” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority in describing the policy challenged in the case. The case is known as “Uzuegbunam et. al. v. Precczewski et. al.” When Gwinnett officials backed off their policy, they then argued …