Posted on 04/10/2014 4:07:38 AM PDT by markomalley
A federal court Wednesday ordered the University of North Carolina-Wilmington to promote and give $50,000 in back pay to a conservative professor in what is described as a landmark anti-discrimination case.
The restitution was ordered three weeks after a jury found the university guilty of retaliating against criminology professor Mike Adams, a popular conservative columnist on Townhall.com, after denying him a promotion to full professor in 2006.
“This ruling sends a message to public universities: Academic freedom isn’t just for the Left, it’s a constitutional right for all professors — even Christian conservatives,” said David French, senior counsel at the conservative American Center for Law and Justice, which represented Mr. Adams.
The order by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is believed to mark the first time a court has awarded a promotion to a conservative professor challenging a university for political bias.
“To our knowledge, this is the first court to rule that a university unlawfully retaliated against a conservative professor for his views, award him back pay, and order the university to promote him to the position he was wrongfully denied,” said lawyer Travis Barham of the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, which also represented Mr. Adams.
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He was born in Possum Town?
Thanks for the ping.
Yes, as some have pointed out, they are not the same person. I don't know why, when I researched this issue before, it seemed like it was the same person.
It does not help that both are frequently linked here on FR, so all I see is the by-line.
I will not make this mistake again.
That’s ok. I think we’ve all made similar mistakes at one time or another on here :)
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