Alabama Professors, Students Appeal DEI Ruling

Classroom Speech War Erupts Over Alabama DEI Ban

Professors and students at Alabama public universities are escalating their legal fight against the state’s ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, arguing the law amounts to unconstitutional classroom censorship. A federal appeal now asks the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling that allowed the law to remain in effect. The case places Alabama at the center of a national battle over academic freedom, governme…

Alabama professors, students appeal DEI ruling

A group of students and professors in Alabama is appealing a state law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in public schools. The law, effective October 2024, prohibits using

U. Alabama Professors Launch Appeal, Claiming That DEI Ban is 'Censorship'

“We feel very constrained by the vagueness of the law”

Alabama students, professors appeal ruling in lawsuit challenging anti-DEI law

Civil rights groups allege the anti-DEI law unconstitutionally abridged First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, causing distress among students and faculty.

Alabama faculty and students file appeal to block anti-DEI law

They contend the 2024 statute violates their First Amendment rights and is impermissibly vague about what speech it prohibits.