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 an administrative role due to his ideology. See my prior post here. The governor shared the post and announced the state would target professors who push “leftist ideologies.”
The governor, an experienced lawyer, did not define “push” or “leftist ideology.” But, it is safe to say that the First Amendment free speech clause applies to state and local governments – which includes the University of Texas. See The Hill report here for more information.