Kate Rogers was hired as the Executive Director of the Alamo Trust in 2021. The Alamo Trust runs the Alamo on a day-to-day basis. While, the General Land Office actually owns the Alamo. The Alamo Trust is a private non-profit, and the GLO, of course, is an arm of the Texas state government. The two
Kate Rogers, the Alamo Trust CEO, was forced to resign last Fall by Lt-Gov. Dan Patrick. Lt-Gov. Patrick publicly criticized Ms. Rogers’ discussion in a dissertation regarding Critical Race Theory, “reproductive rights of women” and the like. Her dissertation also stated she did not believe politicians should decide what professional educators should teach in the
This really is the season of hunting free speech advocates. I just penned a post on Universities throttling a professor’s free speech rights, and here comes Gov. Abbott with more of the same. The Governor of the Great State of Texas shared a post about a University of Texas professor who had been fired from
It’s amazing how many average persons believe they enjoy free speech protection in all sorts of private sector environments. No, we do not enjoy free speech protection in our private sector jobs. The First Amendment applies to state and local governments. That has been the law since forever. One professor at Texas State University, Tom
The Charlie Kirk supporters are getting amped up about firing anyone who disparages the late activist. Secy. of Defense Pete Hegseth has said explicitly that he and DOD will “track” DOD staffers and military members who say negative things about Charlie Kirk. Ok, but is that lawful? In a country with free speech, can your
Judge Richard J. Leon, of the D.C. District Court granted a permanent injunction agsinst Pres. Trump’s Executive Order which targeted the big law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. I previously wrote about that Executive Order here. Judge Leon used twenty-six exclamation points in his order. The EO, said the Judge, had a
Gov. Ron DeSantis has seen fit to attack Mickey Moue and Disney World. He then found a way to revoke their unusual status of essentially operating their own county government over a wide swath of Florida land. Disney World responded by filing a lawsuit accusing Gov. DeSantis of violating free speech rights for a corporation.
Its a pretty clear First Amendment violation, firing Peter Strzok. The President and Rep. Meadows have made some hay about Agent Strzok supposedly using influence in regard to the Mueller investigation into Pres. Trump. But, there has been no evidence of Strzok allegedly using his influence to affect the investigation. Agent Strzok specifically said “we
A woman was bicycling near Pres. Trump’s golf course in New Jersey happened upon the President’s motorcade. She could have swerved to avoid the traffic. But, realizing this was the President’s motorcade, she rode along and flipped off the President. She expressed her views. She engaged in the great American past-time, public protest, if a
When a local politician wins office, she or he like to bring in their own persons for key positions. Sometimes, they also like to fire the employees who supported their opponent. County Clerks from here to Timbuktu will seek to replace you if you support the defeated opponent. But, the County Clerks who do so