Professors sue University of Florida after being barred from testifying in voting rights case

• The state hasn't “prohibited testimony by professors at public universities that favor its viewpoint," the lawsuit says, per the Times.
• The professors are also asking the court to "permanently bar the university from limiting their outside work on matters opposing the state’s interests," writes the New York Times.
• Faculty members were not employed “to be mouthpieces for a particular administration’s — or any administration’s — point of view,” the lawsuit reads.

Driving the news: On Friday, the University of Florida announced that it would reverse its decision to bar the professors from providing testimony for plaintiffs disputing a new voting law that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in May.

• The voting law limits the use of ballot drop boxes and requires voters to request absentee ballots and more.
• The university received backlash from its own faculty, Florida politicians and academics across the country for barring the professors from providing testimony, per the Miami Herald.