UF restricted five more professors in cases against the state

[Zorro]

“Someone has to have the chutzpah and political integrity to say this is not right,’’ a former USF professor says.

TALLAHASSEE — Last year, four University of Florida law professors who wanted to sign a “friend of the court” brief in a lawsuit challenging a new felons voting law were told that they could not identify themselves as university faculty members in the filing because it involved “an action against the state.”

In August, university officials told a UF professor of pediatrics that he couldn’t work on two cases challenging the state’s ban on mask mandates because participating in lawsuits against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration would “create a conflict” for the university.

And on Monday, UF announced that three political science professors can be allowed to provide expert testimony in a voting access case against the state only if they do it without pay.

These actions show how the University of Florida has gradually moved toward suppressing the voices of its scholars who want to offer legal or subject-matter expertise in cases that challenge the policies advanced by the governor or Legislature.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/11/02/uf-restricted-five-more-professors-in-cases-against-the-state/

[rickyhall]

1. Is FLA a communist or a fascist state? It doesn't seem democratic, does it?

Maybe it's a De Satan state.