The Hawaii case is clear-cut:  the law school acted wrongfully and violated the academic freedom rights of the professor.  The administrators at the University of Hawaii need a lesson in core AAUP academic freedom principles.  The LSU case is ambiguous at this stage, but highly suspicious.  Faculty do not have a right to discuss unrelated political topics during classtime, but they certainly have the right to discuss political issues, even controversial ones, relevant to the subject-matter.  Given that Louisiana Governor Landry is an open enemy of the First Amendment and academic freedom, one suspects the worst.