On Tuesday, a former Collin College history professor who had sued the school accepted its offer to pay $70,000 and attorneys' fees.
Dr. Lora Burnett says she was terminated from Collin College after she criticized then-Vice President Mike Pence on social media.Lora Burnett says she isn’t a litigious person and “it wasn’t fun” to sue her former employer. But late last year, the former, claiming that the school had violated her constitutional rights.
“For me, getting this clear victory having my First Amendment rights vindicated and notching a win — not just for me but for all professors at public colleges — was really important,” she said. Burnett estimates that when taking into account her attorneys’ fees and the school’s that Collin College could spend upward of $200,000 altogether. “That’s a lot of money. I mean, that’s not chump change,” she said. “And it’s ultimately the taxpayers of Collin County who are on the hook for that.”, a free speech nonprofit, Burnett’s public challenge of Collin College touched off a cascade of controversies.
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