While searching for jobs earlier this year, Haltigan came upon an opening he felt he was qualified for at UCSC.
“The trouble was finding somebody willing to stand up for what is right in this case,” said Freeman. “My experience with academia is that there is a sort of culture of fear. People are afraid of what is going to happen if you stand up and bring a lawsuit like this.” The lawsuit compares the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion statement requirement to anti-communist loyalty oaths during the Cold War, where state employees were asked to swear that they did not belong to the Communist Party.
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