August 01, 2025
A Michigan federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by two students claiming their Michigan State University professor should be liable for charging them a $99 course fee that she used to fund her political activism, saying the students were given a refund and the fee was not "compelled speech."
September 26, 2023
A pair of Michigan State University students said their former professor should not be let off the hook for charging course fees that allegedly funded the professor's political activism, arguing that the university's refund does not undo the free speech harms they suffered.
August 28, 2023
A Michigan federal judge said Monday he won't bar a former Michigan State University professor from using money she received from subscriptions to her course materials to fund political causes or force her to return the fees while a lawsuit filed by her former students plays out.