San Diego Law School Launches Investigation Of Tenured Professor's Blog Post; Student Petition Calls For Professor's Termination

The University of San Diego Law School has launched an investigation of tenured professor Tom Smith for this March 10 blog post quoting and commenting on an article in the Wall Street Journal, Wuhan Lab Theory a Dark Cloud on China. The Asian Pacific American Law Students Association has sent this letter to Professor Smith, and students are circulating this petition demanding that Professor Smith be terminated.

• ABC News 10, USD Law Professor Accused of Making Racist, Offensive Blog Comments Against Chinese People
• Above the Law, Law School Launches Investigation Into Professor’s Shocking Blog Post
• Academic Freedom Alliance, Academic Freedom Alliance Stands With USD Law Professor in China Controversy
• Hans Bader (Competitive Enterprise Institute), University Investigates Professor For Criticizing Communist Regime
• CBS News 8, USD Professor Under Investigation For Racial Comments in a Blog
• William Jacobson (Cornell), U. San Diego Law Prof. Thomas Smith Harshly Criticized Chinese Gov’t, Now Faces False Claims Of Ethnic Bias (Update)
• William Jacobson (Cornell), San Diego Law School “Must Immediately Cease Its Investigation” Into Prof. Thomas Smith Over China Criticism, Demands Free Speech Group
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), Yet Another, Much More Serious Academic Freedom Violation at the University of San Diego School of Law
• Glenn Reynolds (Tennessee), The “Anti-Chinese Racism” Thing Is Just Part of the CCP’S Propaganda Line
• San Diego Union-Tribune, USD Law Professor Under Investigation Over Chinese Reference in Coronavirus Blog Post 
• Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Univ. of San Diego Law School Investigating Professor for Post Critical of China
• Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Letter from Several USD Law Professors to the Dean, About the Criticism-of-China Investigation
• Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Our Right to Criticize Governments and Countries