In capitulating to political pressure to fire new dean, U of A violated Constitution, ACLU says

In capitulating to political pressure to fire new dean, U of A violated Constitution, ACLU says

“If state officials can threaten to cut funding because they dislike a professor’s legal analysis, then no public employee in Arkansas is safe to speak freely,” Dickson said. “Under this logic, any public worker could be punished for expressing a belief unless it has first been approved by politicians. That is not governance — it is ideological control.”