See point #10 of the new code of ethics for Michigan State University trustees; which makes it a punishable offense to "undermine" majority decisions of the board.
The trouble with this, in my view, is that when a board revokes a bad decision, that move is initiated by a board member who....disagreed with the original decision, and quite frankly, a lot of those bad decisions are revoked due to public pressure. So what is going on, in my view, is that the majority on the board knows that many of their decisions are going to be very unpopular with a lot of MSU constituents (like this alumnus), and they want to hide their tracks.
Nice try, but this old Spartan concurs with FIRE: the First Amendment rights of elected trustees do not end when they enter the boardroom, period. And if former MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz disagrees, I have only two things to say:
Don't let the door hit you where The Lord split you, Kevin!
Glad I'm not you, Clemson University.
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