Federal appeals court allows challenge to hiring decision allegedly based on politics

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed an applicant for a college teaching job to sue a law school dean for allegedly discriminating against her for her political beliefs.

The applicant said the then dean of the University of Iowa College of Law rejected her application for legal-writing positions based on her socially conservative beliefs. -db

From a commentary for the First Amendment Center, January 10, 2012, by Douglas E. Lee.

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