Some states have responded to the excesses of professors in their state university systems with legislation intended to stop woke indoctrination in classrooms. That, naturally, has led to lawsuits.

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In today’s Martin Center article, Professor James Rogers looks at two cases (one in Florida, the other from Alabama) where the judges reached opposite conclusions.

When professors in public universities teach their classes, are they engaged in government speech pursuant to their job duties, with First Amendment rights equal only to those of other government employees, or does “academic freedom” provide........

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