Supreme Court petitioned to decide if chilling faculty speech violates First Amendment
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Supreme Court petitioned to decide if chilling faculty speech violates First Amendment

A conservative UT Austin finance professor has petitioned the Supreme Court to review his lawsuit, arguing that administrative threats that suppressed his free speech activity constitute unconstitutional retaliation — even though he has not been demoted or officially censured. The petition for review describes Professor Richard Lowery as “an outspoken professor” who “has a history of… Source