Posted on 02/08/2014 10:50:48 AM PST by yoe
On Feb. 13 in St. Paul, Minn., the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in Wagner v. Jones. The appeal is procedurally complex. But the legal question at the heart of the original case has potentially far-reaching implications for public and private legal education. To wit, whether a state law-school may deny employment to faculty candidates because of their political beliefs.
In a trial concluded 15 months ago, Teresa Wagner accused the University of Iowa College of Law of violating her First Amendment right of free expression and 14th Amendment right of equal protection under the law when the school's dean, Carolyn Jones, refused to hire her for its legal analysis, writing and research program.
[snip]Hiring decisions should be based on candidates' merits, including their ability to vigorously present in the classroom and criticize conservative as well as progressive views. If the Eighth Circuit protects Teresa Wagner's constitutional rights, the court will also bolster legal education in America by promoting its depoliticization.
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Discrimination against people based on political beliefs is fine. I hope that this case fails so that I can reject liberals who want to work for me.
And yet you'll still be forced to employ liberals -- by paying taxes so they can work at public university.
Excellent article. Glad you posted it.
More people need to know what goes on out there. The detail that particularly got me was the judge’s flagrantly illegal actions when the trial didn’t go the way he wanted.
I say abandon public University.
Actually, I hope it is upheld. Eventually, the moronic libtards will be left with nothing else but loser libtards to tax.
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