About #5: wouldn’t your proposed resolution violate the electrical engineering department’s First Amendment rights? My understanding of Citizens United is that all corporations (“a number of persons united in one body for a purpose”) have such rights.
About #5: wouldn’t your proposed resolution violate the electrical engineering department’s First Amendment rights? My understanding of Citizens United is that all corporations (“a number of persons united in one body for a purpose”) have such rights.
More to the point, while a university is legally allowed to run itself in such a way that departments can make collective political statements, I would imagine you think it is a unwise way to run a university (I agree!!) and vote correspondingly.
About #5: wouldn’t your proposed resolution violate the electrical engineering department’s First Amendment rights? My understanding of Citizens United is that all corporations (“a number of persons united in one body for a purpose”) have such rights.
No, I don't think so. A corporation is a well-defined and specific legal entity. A department is not a corporation.
More to the point, while a university is legally allowed to run itself in such a way that departments can make collective political statements, I would imagine you think it is a unwise way to run a university (I agree!!) and vote correspondingly.