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It is none of U of F's business whether or not their testimony is politically biased.

• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  It is so far as U of F is willing/unwilling to have its reputation put on a particular side of a particular political issue. Frankly, I think "if you're getting paid you can't use our name" is a sane policy for all issues on which professors may testify. It shouldn't be hard to imagine the shoe being on the other foot and some energy company paying professors to testify that some new environmental law is asinine. But of course just because it's not hard to imagine doesn't mean everybody participating in the discussion doesn't have the amount of cognitive dissonance that prevents doing that. It is 2021 after all.
  • obelos 5y ago
    > It shouldn't be hard to imagine the shoe being on the other foot and some energy company paying professors to testify that some new environmental law is asinine. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but this is completely normal and happens all the time.
  • klyrs 5y ago
    The problem here is that U of F is engaging in censorship and witness intimidation. Your prejudice that their testimony will be "biased" is quite irrelevant to the first amendment question at hand.