[Right Wing Professor]

Hey Professor, try this as an experiment on where your free speech rights end as a public employee. Announce on your university website that any student who self identifies as a creationist can not get a recommendation from you no matter the grade they got in your class.

I've just told you that is not my policy.

As it happens, I doubt there would be a problem, but I'm certainly not going to carry out fool experiments to satisfy your curiosity.

[jwalsh07]

As it happens, I doubt there would be a problem, but I'm certainly not going to carry out fool experiments to satisfy your curiosity.

As it happens, you're wrong. Your speech rights are yours to exercise. If you act on those speech rights and run afoul of the constitution as a public employee you'll be exercising your speech rights as a non public employee.

But I am happy to hear that you don't subscribe to such a policy.