University can do it all over again if every legal challenge takes four years
One of the worst court decisions I’ve read came from a trial judge in New York. Now a state appeals court has issued another steaming pile of garbage.
Both decisions tell students at private colleges that they have no recourse when their institutions break their contractual promises. Both glance past relevant New York law. Both are under 10 pages long. (Perhaps the jurists were rushing to make a tee time.)
Last year Jefferson County Supreme Court Justice James McClusky ruled that Syracuse University’s vague policies on “mental health” and “safety” overrode its detailed policies protecting freedom of expression for students. Hence, it could severely punish fraternity pledges for performing in crass skits