A federal appeals court will now rule whether a midshipman can stay at the Naval Academy while he fights his expulsion for what academy leadership criticized as inappropriate and, in some cases, racist speech.
A federal appeals court will now rule whether a midshipman can stay at the Naval Academy while he fights his expulsion for what academy leadership criticized as inappropriate and, in some cases, racist speech.
By HEATHER MONGILIO | The Capital, Annapolis, Md. | Published: February 13, 2021 (Tribune News Service) A midshipman facing expulsion over tweets characterized as inappropriate may not be able to graduate in May from the Naval Academy. Midshipman First Class Chase Standage is currently facing separation from Naval Academy because of a series of approximately 40 tweets from June that the academy leadership criticized as inappropriate and, in some cases, racist. Standage, through attorney and Naval Academy alumnus Jeffrey McFadden, filed a request for a preliminary injunction, which would keep the midshipman at the academy until the federal judge determined if the Naval Academy superintendent and former secretary of the Navy violated Standage s First or Fifth Amendment rights.
Judge Ellen Hollander will hear the latest in the case of Midshipman First Class Chase Standage who is suing the Naval Academy superintendent and former Navy secretary over his expulsion, which is temporarily on hold until Feb. 19.