Louisiana State Professor

The Fifth Circuit <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Employment-Constitution.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">upheld</a></strong> the firing of a tenured Louisiana State professor, as her use of profanity and comments about professors' and students' sex lives did not serve an academic purpose, thus was not protected speech.

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit upheld the firing of a tenured Louisiana State professor, as her use of profanity and comments about professors’ and students’ sex lives did not serve an academic purpose, thus was not protected speech.

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