Penn Professor’s Fight for Free Speech Heads to Federal Court

Aaron Sibarium  January 23, 2025 1 min read

Aaron Sibarium 
Washington Free Beacon 

Excerpt: Amy Wax, the tenured law professor who was sanctioned for her controversial remarks about racial issues, sued the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday for breach of contract and race discrimination, putting a dispute over tenure and academic freedom that has dragged on for almost three years into the hands of a federal court. The complaint comes after Wax was suspended for a year at half-pay and stripped of her named chair, penalties the lawsuit says are "illegal multiple times over."

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