Affirms professor does not have right to DEI programmingA federal judge again upheld the legality of Ohio’s anti-DEI law for public universities.
Professor Darryl Rice had challenged the law in the Southern District of Ohio’s federal court, saying that it violated his First Amendment rights.
As a result of Senate Bill 1, Miami University “closed certain committees, entities, and programs related to DEI -both before and after [the law] became effective,” Judge Matthew McFarland wrote in his July 2 opinion. McFarland had previously denied Rice’s request for a temporary restraining order against the law.
The latest ruling strikes down all of Rice’s remaining motions. Although various DEI committees that he sat on were eliminated, the law did not affect his teaching specifically, McFarland wrote.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-again-upholds-ohios-anti-dei-law/
