But the pressing issue at stake here is that the administration cannot identify a limit to such viewpoint diversity. If a candidate for a position in the government department has a sincere political belief that the 2020 election was stolen, should they be hired in the interest of "viewpoint diversity" although they would not meet the academic standards required for a serious candidate in political science? If they are not hired by the school, does the federal government have the power to punish the university? What does this mean for current faculty who disagree with the administration? "Ideological vetting" is already happening to the school's prospective international students; it is not a stretch to imagine that that vetting might extend to faculty and domestic students too...

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