Another blacklisted professors wins big in court
Law professor Scott Gerber
Fight! Fight! Fight! After two years of battle in the courts, a blacklisted tenured professor who was fired by his university in 2023 without due process because he had publicly criticized and opposed its racist diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) quota policies has now won a complete victory in court.
First the background: In 2023 Ohio Northern University (ONU) sent campus police to Dr. Scott Gerber’s classroom — while he was teaching a class — and had him physically removed from the campus, without warning or explanation. In firing Gerber no legal due process was followed, with the university violating in every manner its own employment policies. Even months later university officials refused to give any reason for his firing. The timing of its action though strongly suggested the university administration objected to his opinions, as he had that same week published an op-ed opposing the school’s DEI policies.
Gerber sued, hiring the pro-bono legal firm America First Legal (AFL) to defend him. (You can read the full complaint here [pdf]. The college’s actions were clearly unconscionable.)
Now two years later, AFL announced yesterday that it has won a full settlement victory for Gerber.
ONU has agreed to reinstate Dr. Gerber and allow him to retire at his rightful faculty rank, with all his benefits intact. As part of the settlement, ONU formally acknowledged that:
- Dr. Gerber was never a public safety risk to any member of the ONU community.
- He never acted with moral turpitude.
- He provided “outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service” throughout his tenure at ONU.
You can read the settlement agreement here [pdf]. It also requires Ohio Northern University to pay all the court costs.
This victory for Gerber might be somewhat satisfying for him personally, but the overall result is that Gerber is no longer teaching at ONU, and ONU is now even less diverse when it comes to intellectual thought. Moreover it will continue to be run by the same totalitarian and bigoted Marxists who fired him. The settlement absolved them from any blame or consequences.
Thus, anyone thinking of getting a good education should think twice about attending this particular college.
Nonetheless, this settlement is a good first step. As noted at Instapundit today by Glenn Reynolds, “The right now has a legal infrastructure of the sort that the left always had. More, please. Make them pay.” That infrastructure can be found here, where I list all the legal firms I have identified in the past five years that act in court to defend the rights of blacklisted individuals as well as defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
If you have been blacklisted or discriminated against because you don’t happen to agree with Marxist totalitariism or its racist DEI policies or happened to have the wrong skin color, use this list of law firms to find one to defend you. Just as America First Legal won a victory for Scott Gerber, these firms can win for you.
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Law professor Scott Gerber
Fight! Fight! Fight! After two years of battle in the courts, a blacklisted tenured professor who was fired by his university in 2023 without due process because he had publicly criticized and opposed its racist diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) quota policies has now won a complete victory in court.
First the background: In 2023 Ohio Northern University (ONU) sent campus police to Dr. Scott Gerber’s classroom — while he was teaching a class — and had him physically removed from the campus, without warning or explanation. In firing Gerber no legal due process was followed, with the university violating in every manner its own employment policies. Even months later university officials refused to give any reason for his firing. The timing of its action though strongly suggested the university administration objected to his opinions, as he had that same week published an op-ed opposing the school’s DEI policies.
Gerber sued, hiring the pro-bono legal firm America First Legal (AFL) to defend him. (You can read the full complaint here [pdf]. The college’s actions were clearly unconscionable.)
Now two years later, AFL announced yesterday that it has won a full settlement victory for Gerber.
ONU has agreed to reinstate Dr. Gerber and allow him to retire at his rightful faculty rank, with all his benefits intact. As part of the settlement, ONU formally acknowledged that:
- Dr. Gerber was never a public safety risk to any member of the ONU community.
- He never acted with moral turpitude.
- He provided “outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service” throughout his tenure at ONU.
You can read the settlement agreement here [pdf]. It also requires Ohio Northern University to pay all the court costs.
This victory for Gerber might be somewhat satisfying for him personally, but the overall result is that Gerber is no longer teaching at ONU, and ONU is now even less diverse when it comes to intellectual thought. Moreover it will continue to be run by the same totalitarian and bigoted Marxists who fired him. The settlement absolved them from any blame or consequences.
Thus, anyone thinking of getting a good education should think twice about attending this particular college.
Nonetheless, this settlement is a good first step. As noted at Instapundit today by Glenn Reynolds, “The right now has a legal infrastructure of the sort that the left always had. More, please. Make them pay.” That infrastructure can be found here, where I list all the legal firms I have identified in the past five years that act in court to defend the rights of blacklisted individuals as well as defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
If you have been blacklisted or discriminated against because you don’t happen to agree with Marxist totalitariism or its racist DEI policies or happened to have the wrong skin color, use this list of law firms to find one to defend you. Just as America First Legal won a victory for Scott Gerber, these firms can win for you.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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