Fealty
doesn’t
mean
much
without
proof.
Maybe
that’s
why
LSU
is
spending
all
the
time
and
money
to
“investigate”
and
litigate
the
absolute
nothingburger
of
a
law
professor
talking
shit
off
the
cuff
in
his
own
classroom.
To
recap,
Ken
Levy
is
a
law
professor
at
Louisiana
State
University
who
got
ratted
on
by
one
of
his
students
for
dropping
two
F-bombs
—
one
about
the
state
governor
and
the
other
about
President
Trump.
People
have
been
forgiven
for
much
greater
sins.
JD
Vance
went
on
a
mini
tirade
about
our
Commander-in-Dementia
Screenings
being
a
Hitler-esque
idiot
and
he’s
Vice
President,
for
god’s
sake.
But
instead
of
telling
the
student
to
keep
their
nose
in
their
notes
instead
of
the
professor’s
business,
the
school
punished
Levy
by
suspending
him
from
teaching.
Court
rulings
have
been
hot
potato-ing
from
Levy
to
LSU’s
favor
for
a
while
now:
the
most
recent
development
is
in
the
school’s
favor.
The
Advocate
has
coverage:
LSU
is
free
to
continue
pursuing
potential
job
action,
including
termination,
against
law
professor
Ken
Levy,
who
was
suspended
from
the
classroom
after
making
comments
about
President
Donald
Trump
and
Gov.
Jeff
Landry
in
front
of
students.
…
“Prof.
Levy’s
removal
from
the
classroom
was
an
interim
decision
made
by
LSU
President
(William)
Tate
that
did
not
disturb
Prof.
Levy’s
tenure
rights,
employment,
or
pay,”
the
panel
concluded.
Hey
man,
I
don’t
know
how
not
letting
the
guy
teach
his
class
isn’t
disturbing
his
employment,
but
they’re
the
ones
in
robes,
not
me.
Would
it
work
the
other
way?
Could
the
teachers
at
LSU
remove
themselves
and
similarly
not
disturb
their
employment
expectations?
Levy’s
lawyer
complained
that
the
panel
seemed
to
skirt
the
most
obvious
issue
with
the
school’s
retaliation:
what
does
this
mean
for
free
speech?
I
know
that
Trump
bragged
about
putting
an
end
to
free
speech
because
it
was
an
inconvenience,
but
do
public
institutions
really
have
carte
blanche
authority
to
kick
out
professors
for
sharing
their
(pretty
innocuous)
political
opinions?
And
if
tenured
professors
are
on
this
tight
of
a
leash,
what
protections
are
there
for
the
schools’
students?
As
important
as
the
liberty
litmus
testing
questions
are,
the
most
practical
concern
should
be
on
the
bottom
line.
Why
the
hell
is
the
school
funneling
money
to
fight
this?
Is
it
just
to
virtue
signal
to
Trump?
Harvard
pushed
back
against
the
administration
and
had
to
go
to
court
to
get
the
billions
in
federal
funding
that
was
already
earmarked
for
them.
Maybe
going
after
Levy
is
a
high-profile
display
of
them
obeying
in
advance.
Whatever
gets
the
coffers
padded.
LSU
Can
Potentially
Fire
Law
Professor
For
Trump,
Landry
Comments,
Court
Decides
[The
Advocate]
Earlier:
The
LSU
Law
School
Professor
Free
Speech
Hot
Potato
Saga
Continues
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
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
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.