Judge rules West Point policy restricting professors' speech is unconstitutional

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Military Academy at West Point cannot limit what its faculty say and write in public, a victory for a law professor who sued the academy over the restrictions, arguing they were unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel on Tuesday sided with Tim Bakken, finding that the academy's policy violated the First Amendment. In a three-page judgment, Seibel "permanently enjoined" West Point from enforcing its speech rules. She also forbid the academy from "prohibiting or restraining" Bakken from "expressing or offering his opinions, beliefs, or views to his students on the subjects he teaches."...