[Goose]

Is Atlas a tenured professor?  If he is an employee at Hoover Institute, he can be fired at any time for any reason as an at-will employee. 

OF, do you have any idea at all how hard it is to fire an at-will employee when that employee can claim (in this case correctly) it was based on political speech? Especially if the employer has deep pockets.

[Goose]

Is Atlas a tenured professor?  If he is an employee at Hoover Institute, he can be fired at any time for any reason as an at-will employee. 

OF, do you have any idea at all how hard it is to fire an at-will employee when that employee can claim (in this case correctly) it was based on political speech? Especially if the employer has deep pockets.