Ward Churchill's Lawsuit
The University of Colorado won't have Ward Churchill to kick around anymore. He's been fired.
But, was his firing really for academic misconduct, or was it based on disapproval of his political views, particularly his comments about 9/11?
His lawyer, David Lane, will file suit against C.U. in Denver District Court today. Why state court instead of federal court?
Lane said he will sue in Denver District Court, rather than federal court, because he can get a trial sooner. But he also said a Denver jury is more likely to be sympathetic than a federal jury, which would include "a lot of small-town people who are not enamored of Churchill."The lawsuit will allege that in firing Churchill, C.U. violated Churchill's First Amendment rights. I'm somewhat surprised at how much national press the story received today. Check out the coverage in the New York Times, complete with large photo. As Churchill and Lane have said all along, the outcome was hardly surprising.
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Submitted by Sylvester Newell (not verified) on Sat, 2007-07-28 14:59.
East Coast, West Coast; Goings-On, On-Campus
In Colorado, Ward Churchill had a friend, Ruben G. Mendoza, a teaching assistant at the University of Colorado, Denver. Ruben’s department Chair Dr. Lorna Moore, for abusing students, booted him from the university, against which Mendoza promptly filed suit. Ruben resurfaced and got fast-tracked to tenure through one Steven F. Arvizu, at CSU Monterey Bay.
Mendoza became the nosebleed of the fledgling university. Churchill was invited to CSUMB by Ruben to speak at a weeklong gathering of the clan. Mendoza also engages in academic misconduct, so far without consequence. The Duke lacrosse team fiasco shows that liberals have created a phony cultural paradigm that distorts reality. And, no one exploits phony paradigms, obfuscates truth, or games the system like the Clintons. Point being, miscreants like Churchill and Mendoza have powerful political backers: the fish rots from the head.
The Taliban might as well as run the university. -David Horowitz
Set the Wayback Machine for 23 August 1995: a hot day in the nation’s capitol. But 3000 miles due west on California’s Central Coast, a constellation of events was unfolding that would have a profound effect on Western civilization; plunge it into decades of war. Yet, this cataclysmic upheaval was only part of the plan. Bill Clinton picked up the telephone. It was his Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, calling from a payphone in Monterey. Bill held the receiver at arms length and gazed at the tasteful floral arrangement that adorned the Oval Office. Leon’s disembodied voice filled the room. What now, asked Hillary. It’s that damn college, mouthed Bill. There was, no getting out. Hillary nodded, just tell Leon he’ll get whatever he needs: http://theseedsof9-11.com
Submitted by tenstring (not verified) on Tue, 2007-07-31 04:33.
Sylvester has a Taliban all his own, looks like, if he's quoting Horrorwitz. The right-wingers specialize in witch-hunts, and going after Ward Churchill is another in a long and sordid history of shooting the messengers.
Submitted by Bill O'Reilly (not verified) on Thu, 2007-07-26 22:06.
I think Ward is a red devil, who probably queers off with lewd monkeys on crack. dirty commie nigger.
Submitted by Elevated Voices - One Down, One to Go (not verified) on Wed, 2007-07-25 16:33.
[...] Jeralyn and a surprising contingent of national media has noted, University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill has been fired. I, for one, am relieved. Not because Churchill was fired, but because this story is one step [...]
Submitted by Michael Ditto (not verified) on Wed, 2007-07-25 08:09.
Irrefutable evidence of his academic misconduct was brought to CU's attention before they gave him tenure. In my opinion, when they gave him tenure anyway, they excused that type of misconduct and they should be stuck with him.
To me this doesn't seem like a first amendment issue but one of estoppel. I'm not a lawyer, but I did spend six weeks as a juror in an estoppel case, so I'm at least a little bit familiar with the concept.
