Florida Atlantic University faculty are sounding the alarm about an effort to investigate and possibly discipline faculty members for comments they made following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The FAU Faculty Senate, an advisory body to the university president and Board of Trustees, as well an FAU union, the United Faculty of Florida, have issued a joint resolution reaffirming their commitment to defending free expression and civil discourse . The Faculty Senate passed the resolution, as well as a separate one condemning Kirk’s murder, unanimously without discussion at a meeting on Monday.

The resolution questions FAU President Adam Hasner’s decision on Sept. 13 to publicly announce on social media that he was removing and investigating one tenured professor

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