Judge blocks West Point from enforcing faculty speech restrictions

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Trump-era restrictions that prevent faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission.  U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely violates civilian professors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment.  “And even affording Defendants due deference in the realm of military affairs, the...