Free speech on campus

[Glenn Reynolds]

So long as what the University says is not libelous, I don't see an
issue here.  Criticism isn't a violation of free speech, and all that's
described here is criticism.

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> Suppose a university concludes that a professor's public comments on a
> political issue -- not in the classroom -- were  poorly expressed.
> Specifically, the professor used language of sexual innuendo that was
> colorful and entertaining to some, but offensive to others.
> *       Could a university issue public criticisms of the manner in which
> the professor made his arguments?
> *       Could the university maintain a record of the original comments and
> the public criticisms?
> *       Suppose the criticisms are published as "a reprimand?"  If there is
> no other consequence, has the First Amendment been implicated?
>
> I'd appreciate your thoughts.
> ______________________________
> Harry F. Tepker
> Calvert Chair of Law and Liberty
>    & Professor of Law
> University of Oklahoma Law Center
> Norman, Oklahoma 73019
> rtepker at ou.edu
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Prof. Glenn Harlan Reynolds
College of Law, University of Tennessee
1505 W. Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN  37996-1810

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