Gov. Jeff Landry publicly commented on an ongoing lawsuit involving an LSU law professor in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday afternoon.
Ken Levy, a tenured professor of criminal and constitution law, was removed from teaching classes by the university after a student reported that he made several political comments in a lecture, including against Landry and U.S. President Donald Trump. The comments also included profanity.
“To my fellow citizens, is this the type of language and attitude you expect your tax dollars to pay for?” Landry said in his post. “No judge would tolerate this conduct in their courtroom or any legal professional setting. It should not be tolerated at our taxpayer funded universities either.”
Landry then went on to cite some of the things Levy said.
Landry has previously been outspoken on social media against other politically vocal LSU professors, including law professor Nicholas Bryner and former mass communications professor Bob Mann.
Levy received a temporary injunctive ruling allowing him to return to teaching classes on Jan. 30, but that was overturned on appeal Tuesday morning, barring Levy from instructing his course that afternoon. The judgment was made by Louisiana’s 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.
Levy has a hearing scheduled for Feb. 10 in which the court will officially rule on whether or not a restraining order should be issued against LSU to allow him to return to class.
The transcript and audio recording of Levy’s lecture were recovered by WAFB.