VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-07
“Our precedent is clear that states retain authority to restrict a professor’s ‘viewpoint’ in a public classroom, even if the professor’s viewpoint ‘represents his professional opinion’,”
Barbara J. Lagoa · said 2026-07-07 · reported 2026-07-07
Lagoa, appointed by DeSantis to the Florida Supreme Court and later elevated to the 11th Circuit by Trump, cast the dissenting vote in the case.
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