Gwinnett College cannot simply pay $1 each in damages for violating two students’ constitutional right to express their religious faith on campus without prior permission from administrators, according to a federal judge. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Judge Eleanor Ross rejected the college’s request that it be allowed to pay the $2 to former students Joseph Bradford and Chike Uzuegbunam. Approval of the payment would have ended the case after more than five years of litigation that included a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the students’ favor. Ross also ruled that the students can seek an arbitrated settlement of their damages claim if they choose to do so, thus clearing the way for the college being forced to make a more substantial payment in compensation for violating constitutional rights. “For almost five years, Georgia Gwinnett College officials have been trying to dodge accountability for their illegal actions …