Univ of Florida bars faculty from testifying in voting rights lawsuit against DeSantis administration.
This is the opposite of the behavior a great public university.
It’s the opposite of the very point of tenure.
Story thin on who at UF decided this… washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10…
This is the opposite of the behavior a great public university.
It’s the opposite of the very point of tenure.
Story thin on who at UF decided this… washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10…
2/ Legal experts cannot find a single example of a university barring faculty testimony.
‘The university does not exist to protect the governor. It exists to serve the public.…Nothing could be more to the public good than a professor telling the truth to the public under oath.’
‘The university does not exist to protect the governor. It exists to serve the public.…Nothing could be more to the public good than a professor telling the truth to the public under oath.’
3/ This @NYT story is much more detailed.
UF Dean of Arts & Sciences David Richardson made the call, it appears.
At UF since 1983.
Appalling.
The good news is that lawyers hate being told not to talk. Support will pour in for the voting case.
nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/…
UF Dean of Arts & Sciences David Richardson made the call, it appears.
At UF since 1983.
Appalling.
The good news is that lawyers hate being told not to talk. Support will pour in for the voting case.
nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/…
4/ Maybe it’s a double inside play.
UF administration trying to protect the university, bans faculty testimony, knows that will be denounced & overturned — can just shrug at DeSantis & say, We tried, don’t punish us.
But that’s hard to imagine.
Real damage to UF’s reputation.
UF administration trying to protect the university, bans faculty testimony, knows that will be denounced & overturned — can just shrug at DeSantis & say, We tried, don’t punish us.
But that’s hard to imagine.
Real damage to UF’s reputation.
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