[American Quilter]

He can sue, but he broke clear academic rules. And long as they dot all the i's and cross all the t's, in regard to the plagarism, he'll lose.

I think you're right. The commmittee must have had black-and-white, irrefutable evidence in order to recommend his firing. None of the findings had anything to do with his blatant anti-Americanism or his misuse of his professorship to demogogue his captive audience in the classroom.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

And that's why they'll be able to stick. Even if everybody loved him, they could fire him on those grounds.