Instead of deciding to put me back in the classroom based on the likelihood of success of my First Amendment and Due Process claims, the District Court chose not to hear the case for the time being on the ground that a federal court should respect state proceedings when they are akin to judicial proceedings.

In which I point out that in a recent book the university’s general counsel and defendant in this case acknowledged that academic speech is protected by the First Amendment—a position he is now rejecting in this case.

The university responds to the motion for a preliminary injunction by ignoring precedent that makes clear that academic speech is protected.

The University has motioned to dismiss the case. The University’s position is in effect that there is no constitutional protection for academic freedom, contradicting Supreme Court precedent stretching back to the Red Scare.

I’m asking for the investigation to be dropped and to be reinstated to teaching during the pendency of the litigation