The rightward autocratic bent seems to have no end, as it infects all in its path willing to succumb.
the University of Florida bars professors from being expert witnesses against the state in voting rights case.
The University of Florida told the professors "that they were not authorized to serve as experts on behalf of Plaintiffs in this matter as part of their 'outside activities,'" according to court documents filed Friday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division.
The case challenges parts of Florida's Senate Bill 90, which an attorney for the plaintiffs says "imposes substantial and unjustifiable restrictions on the ability of eligible Floridians to vote and register to vote."
The law added restrictions such as new ID requirements for voting by mail, limiting who can return a completed mail-in ballot, prohibiting the use of non-profit and private funds to conduct elections, expanding partisan observation power during ballot tabulation and creating additional restrictions for drop box use, CNN previously reported.
The case challenges parts of Florida's Senate Bill 90, which an attorney for the plaintiffs says "imposes substantial and unjustifiable restrictions on the ability of eligible Floridians to vote and register to vote."
The law added restrictions such as new ID requirements for voting by mail, limiting who can return a completed mail-in ballot, prohibiting the use of non-profit and private funds to conduct elections, expanding partisan observation power during ballot tabulation and creating additional restrictions for drop box use, CNN previously reported.
All DeStupid had to do was to have the right contacts made through the appropriate channels to these Trustees, and decision made.
The University told Dr. Smith that 'outside activities that may pose a conflict of interest to the executive branch of the State of Florida create a conflict for the University of Florida,' and provided similar explanations for Dr. McDonald ... and Dr. Austin," the court document says.
Dr. Sharon Austin is an author and expert on "rural African American political activism" and "African American political behavior," according to her page on the University of Florida website, while Dr. Michael McDonald studies elections, methodology, and has researched voter turnout. Dr. Daniel Smith studies how "political institutions affect political behavior across and within the American states."
"We will not back down from this attack on our academic freedoms to speak out on our own time, on matters of great public importance," McDonald told CNN in a statement.
CNN also contacted Austin and Smith, but did not immediately hear back.
Dr. Sharon Austin is an author and expert on "rural African American political activism" and "African American political behavior," according to her page on the University of Florida website, while Dr. Michael McDonald studies elections, methodology, and has researched voter turnout. Dr. Daniel Smith studies how "political institutions affect political behavior across and within the American states."
"We will not back down from this attack on our academic freedoms to speak out on our own time, on matters of great public importance," McDonald told CNN in a statement.
CNN also contacted Austin and Smith, but did not immediately hear back.
You may ask how can UF do that. Well, you just have to have a look at its Board of Trustees
The UF Board of Trustees consists of six citizen members appointed by the Governor and five citizen members appointed by the Board of Governors. The Chair of the Faculty Senate and the President of the Student Body are also voting members.
Mori Hosseini, Tom Kuntz, Richard P. Cole, Christopher "Chris" T. Corr, James W. Heavener, Daniel O'Keefe, Rahul Patel, Fred S. Ridley, and Anita Zucker are all dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, appointed by Republican Governors, including DeStupid.
Do you think these "respectable" White people care about Blacks and other minorities having easy access to the right to vote?. These people are the silent types paying the big campaign bucks to maintain White Supremacy through the Republican party efforts to organize the "Big Steal" to gain/retain power in 2022 and 2024.
