From the Washington Post: A West Point professor and his colleagues will remain ungagged for now, after the military academy declined to appeal a judge’s ruling that barred the school from restricting professors’ public comments. The West Point policy, adopted early last year, says no professor can give a speech, publish a paper or speak on a podcast without seeking approval from their department head. School leadership announced it a month after President Donald Trump issued an executive order forbidding military service academies from “promoting, advancing or otherwise inculcating” ideas deemed “un-American” or “divisive.” In late 2025, West Point’s longest-serving law professor, Tim Bakken, sued the academy in federal court over the policy...
West Point sought to dismiss the suit. Last month, federal judge Cathy Seibel, a President George W. Bush nominee, issued an interim ruling saying West Point cannot enforce the policy for civilian professors while Bakken’s case proceeds. Seibel also barred West Point from preventing Bakken from sharing his personal opinions with students. The academy had until Monday to appeal her ruling, but it did not do so...
Full story at https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/29/west-point-professors-free-comment-publicly-school-declines-appeal-ruling/.
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