January 10, 2003
Judge Declines to Back University's Plan to Fire Professor It Accuses of Terrorism
A federal judge declined last month to rule that the University of South Florida's plan to fire Sami Al-Arian, a tenured professor with alleged links to terrorism, did not violate his First Amendment right to free speech.
In a motion for a declaratory judgment, filed in August, the university said that the professor had raised money for terrorist groups, had helped bring terrorists into the country, and had founded organizations that sponsor terrorism. Mr. Al-Arian has denied all of
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