Did Elected Officials Violate First Amendment by Orchestrating Public Criticism of (and Racism Allegations Against) Their Critic?

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Did Elected Officials Violate First Amendment by Orchestrating Public Criticism of (and Racism Allegations Against) Their Critic?

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Jack Lipton was a prominent professor and administrator at Michigan State University, and in 2023-24 "he served as the Faculty Senate Chair," "the liaison between the MSU faculty" and the MSU Board of Trustees, which is elected statewide. He got into a dispute with two members of the…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-06-23 13:50:54.