The University of Florida has barred three professors from testifying in a federal lawsuit to overturn the state’s new law restricting voting rights. It's an action sure to alarm college faculty across the country.
Plainiffs’ lawyers want to ask DeSantis whether he was involved in the decision, but the governor has resisted questioning, according to thearguing that his communications about the law ”are protected from disclosure because discussions about legislation are privileged.”
On October 30, as the brouhaha quickly escalated into national news, the University of Florida put out the following statement: The university’s attempt at distinction is not very convincing. If the fact that the faculty were to be paid for their time is the real issue, that can be resolved quickly. I bet at least one of them, if not all three, would do the work for free. If that’s the case, the university should withdraw its objection. If it doesn’t, that’s convincing evidence that outside compensation is, as many suspect, not the real issue.
Kira Romero-Craft, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, is quoted as saying that the university’s explanation “goes against the core of what the University of Florida should stand for in terms of academic freedom. It seems reasonable for us to understand whether the executive office of the governor had any role in participating in that decision.”
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