[Texas Eagle]

You don’t want this getting to the end, and the judge issues out a fine and some type of punishment that might mean loss of tenure or suspension from the university for a year or two, or loss of pay. It’d open up big doors for further law episodes in court, and the university would be spending tens of millions on lawyers.

Points well taken. This should be handled at the administrative level.

That being said, my spidey senses tell me that the outcome you fear will become reality come hell or high water. Liberalism is nothing but a make-work program for lawyers.

[pepsionice]

Well, let’s say that the kid wins, and the judge determines that not only did the professor screw up (separate fine or punishment), but the university owes the kid something (maybe $10,000...maybe $100,000).

So, let’s look three years ahead, and twelve kids from this New Mexico university are repeating the same accusations, and the fines are getting up to $100,000 each.

Where exactly will the mythical and magic fine money come from? Adding another $3k onto the yearly tuition?

And by 2025? Making a kid pay $35k a year for a public marginal university tuition deal? A quarter of that for fines and yearly lawyer cost to fight for the stupid professors?

This is a court case that the college and every college in the nation cannot afford to lose. It would eventually bankrupt the whole standard of screwed-up tuition as it is. Your own alternate fix is to bring the liberal professor in, and let them feel suspension pains from time to time, if they go beyond any realistic expectation. Money for some reason....affects the character of liberals.