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No Angels In Academe: Ending The Constitutional Deference To Public Higher Education, William E. Thro
No Angels In Academe: Ending The Constitutional Deference To Public Higher Education, William E. Thro
Belmont Law Review
This Article’s thesis is simple—because public university administrators are no more angelic than other constitutional actors are, the judiciary’s deference to higher education officials must end. There is no reason for greater deference to the academy than to other governmental units. Instead, judges must subject higher education administrators to the same skepticism and doubt as other constitutional actors. This Article has three parts. Part I examines how the Courts treat academe’s constitutional actors more deferentially than constitutional actors in other spheres. Specifically, it discusses different approaches concerning racial preferences, student religious groups’ freedom of association, and due process for students …