Judge blocks West Point from enforcing faculty speech restrictions
Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission. District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely violates civilian professors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment. “And even affording Defendants due deference in the realm of military affairs, their stated justifications for the Academic Engagement Policy do not warrant such a broad and standardless intrusion on Plaintiff’s speech and that of other USMA civilian faculty members,” Seibel wrote in her 85-page opinion.
- ▪Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission.
- ▪District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely violates civilian professors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment.
- ▪“And even affording Defendants due deference in the realm of military affairs, their stated justifications for the Academic Engagement Policy do not warrant such a broad and standardless intrusion on Plaintiff’s speech and that of other USM
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| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 12:39:12 +0000 |
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Defense Judge blocks West Point from enforcing faculty speech restrictions Comments: by Zach Schonfeld - 05/27/26 8:39 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Zach Schonfeld - 05/27/26 8:39 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING A federal judge on Tuesday blocked restrictions imposed by the Trump administration that prevent faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely violates civilian professors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment.
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