Alleged Discrimination Suit Against Conservative Law Professor Has Basis to Proceed, Eighth Circuit Says

A woman who alleges she was denied a job at the University of Iowa College of Law because of her conservative politics can proceed with a discrimination lawsuit, based on 1st Amendment grounds,  against the school’s former dean, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/12/28/eight-circuit-revives-discrimination-suit-against-law-school-dean/