Posted: 7/7/2009 1:55:33 PM EDT
sometimes there is justiceColo. prof in 9/11 flap loses bid to reclaim job<h5>Published: 7/7/09, 5:26 PM EDT By IVAN MORENO</h5> DENVER (AP) - A judge refused Tuesday to reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader. If it stands, the ruling means Ward Churchill cannot return to the classroom even though he won a lawsuit in April arguing that his firing was politically motivated. Churchill wrote an essay after the 2001 terrorist attacks calling the World Trade Center victims "little Eichmanns," a reference to Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi who helped orchestrate the Holocaust. University officials were pressured to fire Churchill after that essay gained wide attention in 2005, but they concluded they couldn't because of First Amendment protections. However, they launched an investigation into the research behind his other writings, and in 2007 he was fired on the plagiarism charges and other research misconduct allegations. Churchill sued, alleging his firing was improper and seeking his job back. A jury ruled Churchill shouldn't have been fired, but under Colorado law, the decision on whether to reinstate him was left up to the judge, Larry J. Naves of Denver District Court. Naves ruled Tuesday that the decision by the university's governing Board of Regents "occurred with sufficient procedural protections." He also noted that jurors awarded Churchill only $1 in damages. Churchill's attorney didn't immediately return a call. University President Bruce Benson issued a statement saying the judge had "appropriately applied the law." "This ruling recognizes that the regents have to make important and difficult decisions. The threat of litigation should not be used to influence those decisions," he said. The university vigorously opposed Churchill's reinstatement, saying his firing was justified and that if he did return, the relationship between him and the university "would not be an amicable one." University officials also said they feared other teachers would leave if Churchill returned. |
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Good riddence! David Horowitz is correct about our nations college campuses being the true battle ground between communism and our freedom. Yep, and tenure is the reason. Once you get tenure on a college campus, you are pretty much untouchable. Not untouchable, just hard to fire. |
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Good riddence! David Horowitz is correct about our nations college campuses being the true battle ground between communism and our freedom. Yep, and tenure is the reason. Once you get tenure on a college campus, you are pretty much untouchable. Not untouchable, just hard to fire. Yes. If he didn't get caught plagurising, he might still be teaching... <shudder> |
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CU billing Churchill up to $50,000 in legal expenses
Daily Camera Online By John Aguilar Originally published 01:12 p.m., July 8, 2009 Updated 02:04 p.m., July 8, 2009 BOULDER, Colo. — Ward Churchill could find himself on the hook for up to $50,000 in out-of-pocket costs the University of Colorado incurred fighting the lawsuit the former ethnic studies professor filed against it, CU's lead attorney said Wednesday. CU attorney Patrick O'Rourke said he plans to file for recovery of those costs –– which include flying witnesses in and out of Colorado and creating deposition transcripts –– over the next 15 days and said the amount would be in the "five figures" and likely just shy of $50,000. "We've got to go through and add it up –– it's not a staggering number," he said. O'Rourke said the final figure, which would have to be approved by Chief Denver District Judge Larry Naves, would be billed straight to Churchill. The university, as the prevailing party in the case, is entitled to have Churchill cover its costs but not its attorney's fees, O'Rourke said. CU became the prevailing party Tuesday when Naves vacated the jury's determination that the university had violated Churchill's constitutional rights when it fired him two years ago. He said the regents were acting in a quasi-judicial capacity when they dismissed Churchill and couldn't be sued by him. Churchill had sued CU after he was fired, saying he was actually let go because of a controversial essay he wrote about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. CU said his essay was protected speech, but found that he had committed widespread academic fraud. |
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SCREW THAT MAN! EEWWW! I wouldn't screw him with your dick! It was implied that Ward was to be fucked with a baseball bat soaked in gasoline. Well as long as they didn't set it on fire. Urging them to do it and fire it might be a CoC issue. |
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USFL all over again, only this time the jury knew exactly what it was doing.
So this is a win-win situation. Churchhill is out of a job and has to pay at least $10,000.00 courts costs to CU, and the lawyer blew $1.2 million in billable hours and get NOTHING. For once Justice Is Sweet.     
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