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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Get censored, then sue

FRESNO — A federal court in California told a Bakersfield College professor that he lacks standing to sue the school for First Amendment claims out of a fear that he will be retaliated against for opposing diversity efforts, e.g. serving as faculty lead for a campus group called Renegade Institute for Liberty. He has not yet been injured, nor shown the school might take action against him; he cites regulations that do not contain enforcement mechanisms; and many of those regulations do not apply to his past or planned conduct.

Read the ruling here.

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