"Professors are free to write and research whatever they want," said Ilya Shapiro, a libertarian constitutional law expert at the Manhattan Institute. "But university officials, trustees and ultimately state legislators can make decisions to cut classes, majors and whole departments."
Texas A&M ends women's and gender studies as DEI purge continues
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“If a public university censored its student newspaper because it was going to print news of the school’s dismal result in FIRE’s free-speech rankings, it’s the most ironic First Amendment violation imaginable,” said Ilya Shapiro, a libertarian constitutional law expert at the Manhattan Institute.
Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to suppress news articles
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