肯塔基州领衔13州向联邦最高法院提交意见书：教授在校言论不受特殊言论自由保护
肯塔基州总检察长办公室11月9日在州首府 Frankfort 宣布，总检察长 Russell Coleman 与阿拉巴马州总检察长 Steve Marshall 领衔一个13州联盟，已向美国联邦最高法院提交法庭之友意见书，要求裁定公立大学教授不享有其他公职人员所没有的、特殊的宪法第一修正案权利。
意见书指出，以官方身份发表的国家雇员言论不受第一修正案保护；学术自由属于大学机构本身，而非个别教授，教授只有以普通公民身份就公共议题发言时才受言论自由保护。此举与 Coleman 此前捍卫州法的行动一脉相承，该州法要求肯塔基州公立大学遏制反犹太主义蔓延。
案件背景涉及肯塔基大学法学教授 Ramsi Woodcock：校方正调查他是否以官方及纳税人供养的身份呼吁对以色列施加暴力等言论；上周，一名肯塔基州联邦法官驳回了 Woodcock 要求叫停调查的请求。
Coleman 表示，每个美国人都享有言论自由，但宪法写得很清楚，各州没有义务为校园里的反犹太言论买单。联署各州还包括阿肯色州、佐治亚州、爱达荷州、印第安纳州、艾奥瓦州、堪萨斯州、路易斯安那州、蒙大拿州、内布拉斯加州、南卡罗来纳州与德克萨斯州；意见书由肯塔基州副总检察长 Matt Kuhn 代表该州提交。Coleman 办公室称，Kuhn 今年7月曾在联邦第六巡回上诉法院就该州法辩护。
（来源：肯塔基州总检察长办公室）
Kentucky Leads 13-State Brief Asking Supreme Court to Deny Professors Special Speech Rights in Antisemitism Case
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced in Frankfort on Nov. 9 that he and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall are leading a 13-state coalition that has filed a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to rule that university professors do not have special, sacrosanct First Amendment rights not applicable to any other public employee.
The brief argues that the First Amendment does not protect speech made by state employees in their official capacity, and that academic freedom applies only to the universities themselves, not individual professors. The action supports Coleman's previous efforts defending a state law directing Kentucky's public universities to combat the spread of antisemitism.
The case involves University of Kentucky law professor Ramsi Woodcock, whom the university placed under investigation over whether he used his official, taxpayer-funded capacity to call for violence against Israel and other statements. Last week, a Kentucky federal judge denied Woodcock's request for an order to halt the investigation.
"Every American has the right to free speech and expression. However, the Constitution is clear that the States do not have to subsidize antisemitic speech on their college campuses," Coleman said. The coalition also includes Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas. Solicitor General Matt Kuhn filed the brief on behalf of the Commonwealth.
(Source: Kentucky Attorney General)
来源：肯塔基州总检察长办公室
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