By james art 
Baton Rouge, a judge on Friday, declined to request LSU’s lawyers to suspend or terminate a temporary restraining order submitted by a LSU law professor, who was removed from his position after making political comments during an hour.
The 19th judge of the Judicial District Court has denied the request for the removal of the order, which will see “Professor Ken Levy’s immediate restoration … in his position and teaching responsibilities,” applications said on Friday. According to the order, Levy will return to teaching on Tuesday.
LSU requested the decision to be taken quickly before ordering levy to return to class. The refusal was issued only hours after the request.
LSU attorneys, Faircloth Melton Bash and Green, claim that the order is without merit and is wild.
“As widely publishes, LSU has put the petitioner on paid administrative leave in anticipation of an investigation into complaints of students about inappropriate, vulgar and potential harassment in the classroom,” the proposal said.
In an attempt to dismiss the order, LSU’s lawyers claim that he “disputes the main case in full.”
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“This question is simply a dispute of employment in the early stage of an administrative process where the rights of the employee (in the proper process) are fully protected,” the submission said.
Levy taught class on January 14 for police and public interactions when, according to a court case he brought, he said “F ** K Governor” and “F ** K that” while criticizing governor Jeff Landry for public recovery of A A colleague from the law school.
The provision filed on Thursday by the 19th Judge of the Judicial District Court, Donald R. Johnson, who has provided the order that the university is forbidden to intervene in the work of Levi, to stop it or to take some tangible actions for employment against him “Due to its expressions, it provides protection under the constitutions of Louisiana and the United States. “
A hearing is supposed, which will be held on February 10 at the request for damages. Levi was told to pay $ 1,000 for a bond issued with the temporary restraining order.
On Thursday, LSU said that while academic freedom defends speech, thoughts and expression in the university setting, it does not provide a license to “use the classroom as a platform for personal complaints outside the course or otherwise, DEMAEN or threatening students with Different perspectives or participate in free use of obsceneness … where students are preparing to practice according to standards of behavior and citizenship. “