The Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Academic Freedom

The Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Academic Freedom

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-blow-for-academic-freedom-john-mcadams-case/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Excerpt: This morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sent a powerful message to America’s elite private universities: If you’re going to promise academic freedom, you’d better deliver academic freedom. In a stinging 63-page ruling, the court held that Marquette University violated its own faculty handbook when it effectively terminated professor John McAdams for writing a blog post criticizing a graduate student instructor’s attempts to silence debate about gay rights in her ethics class.