The New York Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit over demands that Columbia University reinstate two suspended pro-Palestinian student groups. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges that Columbia violated its policies by punishing the campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voices for Peace for protests over the Israel-Hamas war. While private colleges are not bound by the right to free speech, state courts have established that disciplinary action must follow their own rules and guidelines, according to the NYCLU. “Students protesting at private colleges still have the right to fair,...