We think it’s a threat to the First Amendment and academic freedom. “We think it’s an important issue propagating, what we see as, a sort of orthodoxy throughout the academy. “We’ve been keyed into the issue of DEI statements for a couple of years,” said Freeman. Haltigan, who earned his doctorate in developmental psychology at the University of Miami, is currently an independent scientist and Pennsylvania resident and is being represented by Sacramento-based attorney Wilson Freeman with the Pacific Legal Foundation.
Haltigan filed a lawsuit Wednesday against UC Santa Cruz officials over the school’s requirement for jobseekers to include a diversity, equity and inclusion statement, commonly called a DEI statement, in their employment application, claiming it violates the First Amendment. SANTA CRUZ - Former professor at the University of Toronto J.D.