David Seidemann

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David Seidemann

David Seidemann is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College. He earned a B.S. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. In 2002, he brought a pro se case against the faculty union that represented him. That litigation resulted in federal circuit court decisions that cited the union for violating the First Amendment rights of its fee payers. (Seidemann v. Bowen, 499 F.3d 119, 125-26, 2nd Cir. 2007; and 584 F.3d 104, 2d Cir. 2009)

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The Slippery Slope of Speech Suppression at CUNY

Feb 6, 2019 · · No Comments on The Slippery Slope of Speech Suppression at CUNY

Public universities morally should and legally must uphold free speech. Unfortunately, the university where I’ve taught for 43 years has a very bad record, and matters are getting worse. The City University of New York (CUNY) has a long history of speech suppression, as a sampling of legal cases at its various campus units reveals. … Continue reading “The Slippery Slope of Speech Suppression at CUNY”