Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today in the lawsuit filed by a former FAU professor against the school. James Tracy claims Florida Atlantic University fired him in retaliation for his blog in which he questions whether the Sandy Hook massacre actually happened. Tracy wants his job back, along with damages.
Jurors are expected to start deliberating later today in the case of a controversial blogger who says he was fired from a tenured professorship at Florida Atlantic University in retaliation for his conspiracy theorist blogging about the Sandy Hook massacre.
James Tracy alleges that FAU violated his First Amendment rights to free speech. He wants to be reinstated to his former position, with back pay and an unspecified amount of damages.
FAU officials say they never censored Tracy or prevented him from expressing his opinions. They say he was fired after repeatedly and intentionally refusing to file mandatory disclosure forms that require all professors to reveal outside work activities that could affect their work or the university.