May 06, 2005

Josh Gerstein of the New York Sun has the story of the student kicked out of Le Moyne College of Syracuse for his politically incorrect views. Though I'm certainly not sympathetic to the intrusions of political-correctness thought police, I'd have to agree with Eugene Volokh, quoted in the article, that there's no First Amendment case here for this small Jesuit college.

And $40 million in damages for not being allowed to be a teacher? Perhaps I should change professions...