Judge blocks West Point from enforcing faculty speech restrictions 

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Trump-era restrictions that prevent faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission.  U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely violates civilian professors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment.  “And even affording Defendants due deference in the realm of military affairs, their stated…