AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Friday, a Hays County judge ruled that a fired Texas State University (TXST) professor will be reinstated to his job while his lawsuit against the school proceeds, according to the professor's attorney.

The attorney told KXAN that the temporary restraining order was granted "pending the due process procedures" of the university.

Dr. Thomas Alter II was a tenured associate professor of history at TXST. He spoke at a socialist group's virtual conference, and the comments he made there went viral online.

Online reaction to the comments led to Conservative politicians applying pressure on the university's administrators, the professor's lawsuit claims. On Sept 10, TXST President Kelly Damphousse announced that Alter had been fired.

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