Posted on 02/06/2009 7:09:44 AM PST by george76
Former Gov. Bill Owens said in a deposition it's a good thing the University of Colorado ignored him when he urged that professor Ward Churchill be fired over a controversial essay.
"I'm glad that the university, its counsel, and others who had a chance over a period of years to look at the law and look at the case didn't follow my advice and, in fact, chose to ignore it," Owens said in the deposition, taken one week ago today.
Had CU fired Churchill for the essay - as Owens wanted - the school would have violated Churchill's free-speech rights, Owens said.
CU fired Churchill in 2007 because a faculty committee concluded he plagarized and lied about historical facts in his writings.
Churchill maintains he was fired for writing that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were a response to a long history of U.S. abuses. He is suing to get his job back.
"Ward Churchill was fired because he's a congenital plagiarist," Owens said Thursday.
Churchill's trial is scheduled for March 9 in Denver District Court.
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Who is paying for his lawsuit against CU ?
My guess is that would be us... One the bright side, it's less money for all the rip-off banks... and corrupt dem "stimulus" projects.
My guess is that would be us... On the bright side, it's less money for all the rip-off banks... and corrupt dem "stimulus" projects.
Churchill’s attorney is David Lane, but I do not know who is paying the bills now.
If Ward wins, then the taxpayers will pay.
“He is suing to get his job back.”
He who controls the store is he that pays the bills.
David Lane took the case on a contingency fee.
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