Quick thing about punishing law professors — they tend to be pretty read up on how the law works. After LSU decided to withdraw a tenured professor over undisclosed “political comments,” there was an immediate push back for the sake of campus free speech. In what has to be a huge “I told you so” moment for Professor Ken Levy, a judge recently ordered LSU to put him back in his classroom. Lailluminator has coverage:
A state judge has ordered LSU to allow its law professor Ken Levy to return to teaching duties. The university had removed Levy from the classroom pending an investigation into alleged criticism of Gov. Jeff Landry.
Levy, a tenured professor of constitutional and criminal law, sued the university earlier this week, saying it violated his First Amendment rights and its own policies regarding tenured faculty.
Judge Don Johnson of the 19th Judicial District granted Levy’s request for a temporary restraining order that would allow him to return to the classroom for at least the next week. Johnson set a hearing for an injunction on Feb. 10.
Part of what made the university’s decision to remove Levy from teaching was how hush everything was on what he said. As it turns out, he only threw a couple of eff yous at the governor. The offhand comments were a response to Jeff Landy calling for an LSU professor to be punished for criticizing Herr Trump. Levy warned his student not to record him saying anything in case the witch hunt would come for him. While it did, he thankfully has a judge with common sense on his side.
Judge Orders LSU To Reinstate Law Professor Sidelined For Political Comments [Lailluminator]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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Quick thing about punishing law professors — they tend to be pretty read up on how the law works. After LSU decided to withdraw a tenured professor over undisclosed “political comments,” there was an immediate push back for the sake of campus free speech. In what has to be a huge “I told you so” moment for Professor Ken Levy, a judge recently ordered LSU to put him back in his classroom. Lailluminator has coverage:
A state judge has ordered LSU to allow its law professor Ken Levy to return to teaching duties. The university had removed Levy from the classroom pending an investigation into alleged criticism of Gov. Jeff Landry.
Levy, a tenured professor of constitutional and criminal law, sued the university earlier this week, saying it violated his First Amendment rights and its own policies regarding tenured faculty.
Judge Don Johnson of the 19th Judicial District granted Levy’s request for a temporary restraining order that would allow him to return to the classroom for at least the next week. Johnson set a hearing for an injunction on Feb. 10.
Part of what made the university’s decision to remove Levy from teaching was how hush everything was on what he said. As it turns out, he only threw a couple of eff yous at the governor. The offhand comments were a response to Jeff Landy calling for an LSU professor to be punished for criticizing Herr Trump. Levy warned his student not to record him saying anything in case the witch hunt would come for him. While it did, he thankfully has a judge with common sense on his side.
Judge Orders LSU To Reinstate Law Professor Sidelined For Political Comments [Lailluminator]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
