re: Here's what LSU law professor said to get suspended

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sex crimes are crimes too? Is he not supposed to test kids to spot sex crimes

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Well, you at least identified the normal part

I am an Accountant but handle Treasury, M&A, Vendor negotiations

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“I’m a big Democrat. I’ve been. I was devastated by. I couldn’t believe that **** won. And those of you who like him I don’t give a. You can. Now, you’re already getting ready to say your evaluations. I don’t need his political commentary. No, you need my political commentary. And you, above all others, need my political. political commentary.”

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So I guess I come at this from a slightly different angle. I'd take zero offense to Levy being "a big Democrat." I'd take zero offense to Levy telling the class he's "a big Democrat," or that they "need his political commentary" .... with the caveat he explained the foundational bases for his position/opinions, and that they have some interrelationship to his Criminal Justice course. I don't necessarily see how the professor's politics would interrelate w/ the course, but perhaps he could make the case.

Otherwise, what Levy should understand is opinions are like assholes. Everyone has them.

That being the case, we could find Alan Dershowitz and Joy Behar share similar opinions about a legal topic. But the similarity would be no more than superficial coincidence as one delves into their underpinning derivations. Classroom value is attained from those foundational tenets, not so much from the conclusion/opinion itself. So despite their identical opinions, Behar would have virtually no value in a law school environment, while Dersh would be edifying.

In the end, especially in law, students need to know how to think, not what to think. Law students need to grasp and apply fundaments of argument construction, not repetition of rote. Related to that, Steve123 raises concerns about suppression of speech in Levy's class. I'd share those in terms of question, argument, and free exchange. Levy's egocentrism (an oddly common characteristic of profs who don't actually work/practice in their given field) seems to lend more to a "Because I told you so," approach which would, in turn, serve his students poorly.

KL: "I'm a big democrat."
Q: "Why are you a democrat?"
KL: "Because I'm not an a**hole! F**k Trump! F**k Landry!"

Not helpful. Not a foundational basis in sight.
I don't know if the guy's dismissal will stand, but from what info is in the public domain (assuming it's accurate and representative), the Hebert Center won't be missing much if he's gone. I suspect that was Tate's position as well. I'd be surprised if one or two of Levy's students don't visit the board though. Their take would be interesting.

Don't know what year that test was from and it is a bit over the top, but there was a while back in the 00s when it seemed like the GOP was overrun with these kinds of folks: Mark Foley, Dennis Hastert, GOP Speaker of the House, and Larry Craig. Even in more recent years, you have Matt Gaetz, Louisiana's own David Vitter, Alabama's John Merrill who liked when his paramour fingered his a-hole while they both wore bondage gear, close to a dozen former wrestlers testifying that Jim Jordan knew that Richard Strauss was doing homo assaults on his wrestlers; Roy Moore hanging out at the mall, and George Santos groping male staffers.

Sure, Dems have been caught in sex scandals too, but the number of them on the national stage involved in underage hookers, diaper fetishes, prostitution rings, going after teenage boys, looking for gay sex in airpot bathrooms, abusing kids they are coaching, and/or cruising the mall and Sunday school parties for high school girls is miniscule by comparison.

All that to say, the exam would have been an equally effective assessment exercise without mentioning the perp's political affiliations, but given the number of public scandals in that regard associated with the GOP, I get why he may have thought the addition was funny, kind of like asking if every Bama player arrested for beating his girlfriend was on antler spray or in a charger when he did it.