Good job Dan. Well-written piece.

When the old stationary finally runs out?

They’re working on it. There are anti-trust issues; there’s some concern that they’d be cornering the market on racism.

Yep that happens.

The old saying is that “White America had better be happy Black people just want equality instead of revenge”.

It’s even worse than it sounds. ”Run away” is not an accurate description of what happened.  

Can I ask: Isn’t there any fear from America that Black people are going to get tired of seeking justice via the courts? I mean by now the illusion of justice that the court system relies on has to be pretty badly mangled.

Eventually, there will come calls for remedy to be had extra-judicially (Like white people…

I’m not 100% sure what exactly your argument is, but I’d like to point out the fact that the concise “uniform” for men (i.e. suit and tie) lends quite a bit of freedom, in a sense, to men that women don’t have. For example, all a male politician has to do to look professional is wear a decent fitting gray suit and a…

From researching for a bit, they would be considered government employees, however that doesn’t give them free reign to say whatever they want and be protected. Of all the cases of a professor suing a public college on the basis of free speech that I could find, it has to meet the qualifications of “academic free…

State schools are government institutions. Be less wrong next time, champ.

Okay, you’re a bit confused. Just because its a First Amendment issue doesn’t mean that the person (the speaker) wins. There is no “blanket immunity.” It just means that the public institution is going to have to satisfy constitutional standards of proof when defending their action.

For First Amendment purposes, any institution that receives government funding is deemed a public entity, and any negative action taken against them can be construed as a constitutional issue. Even is there is an employment contract.

Huh, I’m guessing your vast experience with adjunct faculty doesn’t come from teaching at a law school. There’s one key difference between speaking in public about a political matter and the various infractions you listed - they are performance related. Certainly, the First Amendment does not protect adjunct lecturers…

I’m not sure you’re completely right about that, counselor. Considering you have no clue whats in her contract, you’ve made a bold assertion. Additionally, regardless of the contract, as an employee of a public institution she does have some rights against being punished for expressing her opinion. If she was speaking…

So many members of the Burner family out today... I did not say she can ‘say whatever she wants.’ Where did I say anything remotely like that?

You’re the one who didn’t know that a public school receives government funding. I corrected you, and you don’t like that, so you call me names. Smooth...

‘Allowed her to say it’ by firing her afterwards? Prior restraint is not the only form of impermissible interference with protected speech. If it is a public institution, then even if her contract states ‘can’t say controversial things on Fox News’ then the contract is unconstitutional and unenforceable.

It’s a public school, therefore it is a free speech matter. If it were a private institution, you would be correct.

The school is a government institution.