The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is banning opinions by professors in the classroom and some books and courses in a crackdown that violates the First Amendment, a law professor at the military school said in a lawsuit Monday seeking class action status.
Tim Bakken filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court and named the school and its leaders as defendants. He said he wants to protect free speech and the right to academic freedom at an institution where he has flourished despite his public criticisms of the academy and the U.S. military.
Bakken also noted in the lawsuit that he has a contract with a publisher for a book that is critical of some aspects of West Point and doesn’t want to seek approval from the school’s leadership prior to its publication because “it is very likely such approval will be withheld.”
This is just part of the political purge.
They’re targeting everyone who isn’t part of their ideology. Then they’ll hire people who have been vetted to be very rightwing.
Trump wanted generals like Hitler had, I hope he finds them
Could you explain what you mean by that? I don’t know enough about his generals.
Not all of Hitler’s generals were working on his behalf, there were several incidents of plots by ranking members of the military to thwart his plans.
Noice, I hope he finds them too.