U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Feb. 13, 2014
Professor speech finds protection in 9th Circuit, for now
The 9th Circuit recently denied a petition for panel rehearing in a case strongly affirming the First Amendment rights of professors at public universities. By Arthur Willner
The decades-long debate over whether the First Amendment protects government-employed academics whose comments fail the "political correctness" test will ultimately be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court, but until then, free speech advocates in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals can take heart from a recent decision that upholds the rights of public employee professors to speak freely on matters of public interest.
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