“Faculty speech rights are illusory at the University of Colorado because they now exist in name only. Exercising its absolute immunity for violating First Amendment rights, the Board of Regents may fire people with impunity for engaging in unpopular political speech. Absolute immunity is absolute power, and the Colorado university system may soon be corrupted absolutely.”
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