Indiana University faculty adviser Jim Rodenbush has filed a federal lawsuit after he was terminated over an issue involving the student newspaper’s content, reported the Associated Press .

Rodenbush alleged that he was fired for refusing to cut news stories from the Indiana Daily Student’s homecoming print edition earlier this month. The suit, which claimed a violation of free speech and due process rights, described the university’s action as “a direct assault on the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment,” per a statement published by AP News .

Rodenbush’s lawyer said the suit sought a court statement that “the First Amendment still matters,” according to AP News . Rodenbush was also aiming to be reinstated in his job and to secure monetary damages.

Rodenbush claimed that a

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