UW Violated Professor’s Free Speech Rights, Court Rules

University Washington Professor Stuart Reges gets win in land acknowledgement case from Ninth Circuit - the university had argued that its own interest in avoiding campus disruption outweighed the professor's First Amendment interest.

Federal appeals court sides with Washington professor punished for mocking university land acknowledgment

University of Washington professor Stuart Reges wins free speech victory as federal appeals court rules officials violated his First Amendment rights over satirical land acknowledgment.

First Amendment Challenge to UW "Unacceptable or Inappropriate" Conduct Policy Revived

Another item from today's Ninth Circuit decision in Reges v. Cauce, written by Judge Daniel Bress and joined by Judge Milan Smith (for more on the primary portion of that opinion, see the UW Professor's Parody of Land Acknowledgment in Class Syllabus Protected by First Amendment post): Executive Order 31, UW's "Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action" policy … begins …: The University of Washington, as an institution established and maintained …

9th Circuit Protects Professor’s First Amendment Right To Make Fun Of Land Acknowledgments

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Friday that the University of Washington is not allowed to punish a professor for making fun of the “land acknowledgments” they tried to force on their staff. The win at the circuit level comes after the district court sided with the school. “A public university […]

9th Circuit Protects Professor's First Amendment Right To Make Fun Of Land Acknowledgments

The 9th Circuit ruled that the University of Washington is not allowed to punish a professor for making fun of the 'land acknowledgments.'

VICTORY: Court vindicates professor investigated for parodying university’s ‘land acknowledgment’ on syllabus

Ninth Circuit rules UW violated the First Amendment by punishing a professor for putting a satirical land acknowledgment on his syllabus.