Alawsuit against Michigan State University concerning a professor who was called a racist by school trustees for using the word “mob” to describe chaos at a public meeting has advanced in court.
A Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) release stated that “professor Jack Lipton scored a victory for free speech last week after a federal court allowed his lawsuit to move forward against two Michigan State University trustees who he claims not only urged students to call him racist, but told them how to phrase it.”
FIRE is a “defender of fundamental rights on college campuses” and a free speech advocacy group, as stated on its website.
FIRE’s release said that “in his lawsuit, Lipton alleged that two trustees, Rema Vassar and Dennis Denno, met with MSU students, encouraged them to file complaints against Lipton with MSU’s internal civil rights office, and asked students to condemn Lipton as racist in public statements, op-eds, and on social media.”
These alleged efforts took place after Lipton called the disruptive crowd at a Board of Trustees meeting a “mob” in an interview, according to FIRE’s release.
The release said that “in October 2023, at a public Board of Trustees meeting that followed an open letter accusing then-BOT Chair Vassar of ethics violations, Lipton read a resolution on behalf of faculty calling for Vassar’s resignation,” after which “the meeting erupted in chaos.”
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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