Professor Jodi Dean, an anti-Zionist political theorist at Hobart & William Smith, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, wrote a blog post a few days ago expressing support for the Hamas attack on Israel last October, and has now been suspended from teaching by the college.  I am not, shall we say, a fan of this genre, but that is neither here nor there.  Professor Dean's college is committed to the AAUP academic freedom principles, and her speech is clearly covered by the AAUP protection for extramural speech.   Hobart & William Smith Colleges is now in breach of contract.  That the President is a lawyer, no less, is a case study in "the rules in the books, and the rules in action" are often two different things.  The President should be fired, and Professor Dean should be immediately restored to the classroom.  I fear neither will happen, but I hope FIRE and/or the AFA will provide legal assistance to challenge this lawless conduct by the college.

The message from the benighted President is below the fold.