Keefe v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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1. “for reporting his posts. Id. at 527 . After reading the posts, the schools Director of Nursing became concerned and addressed the issue with Keefe, who was not receptive to her concern that the posts were unprofessional and attempted to downplay them as jokes. Id. In the face of Keefe's inability to recognize that his posts were unprofessional, the Director of Nursing decided to remove Keefe from the program and told him that he could appeal the decision. Id. She cited his violations of the nursing program's handbook, which stated that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hunt v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of New Mex.

2. “many courts have upheld enforcement of academy requirements of professionalism and fitness, particularly for a program training licensed medical professionals. Fitness to practice as a health care professional goes beyond satisfactory performance of academic course work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hunt v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of New Mex.

3. “teaching and enforcing viewpoint-neutral professional codes of ethics are a legitimate part of a professional school's curriculum that do not, at least on their face, run afoul of the First Amendment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hunt v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of New Mex.