Louisiana Governor Calls on LSU to Punish Professor for Alleged Anti-Trump Speech
Ryan Quinn | 27 November 2024 | Inside Higher Ed
Louisiana’s Republican governor is publicly targeting a Louisiana State University law professor for allegedly making brief classroom comments about students who voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Governor Jeff Landry shared a video of the professor on social media Nov. 17 and then sent LSU a letter Monday, calling on officials to punish him.
The day after Election Day, the professor, Nicholas Bryner, who serves as director of LSU’s Climate Change Law and Policy Project, allegedly made meandering comments in class directed at students who supported Trump, noting that Black students in the law school felt uncomfortable….