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A teaching professor at UNC's business school is calling out leadership there for the way they're investigating his class conduct. 

FREE SPEECH. BUT NO INTIMIDATION. AARON THOMAS, WRAL NEWS LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL. >> WELL, NEW TONIGHT, A TEACHING PROFESSOR AT UNC IS BUSINESS SCHOOL IS CALLING OUT LEADERSHIP THERE FOR THE WAY THEY'RE INVESTIGATING HIS CLASS CONDUCT. A LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN SAYS THEY'VE BEEN RECORDING HIS CLASSES WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. LET'S BRING BACK IN ASHLEY ROW BREAKING THIS STORY FOR US IN THE WRAL LIVE. ACTUALLY, LENA, THIS IS THE LETTER THAT PROFESSOR LARRY CHAVIS RECEIVE. DON'T WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH 4. IT SAYS. >> WE RECORDED AND REVIEWED SEVERAL OF YOUR CLASS SESSIONS UPDATING A FEW DATES IN APRIL IS IN THE EXISTING NOT DO CAMERA IN THE CLASSROOM. THIS COMING FROM A SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FACULTY AND RESEARCH. HE SAYS THIS LETTER HAS HAD A CHILLING EFFECT ON HIM BECAUSE HE'S CONCERNED FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WILL WONDER IF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY IN CLASS ARE SAFE OR IF THEY ARE BEING OVERHEARD BY PEOPLE. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. CHANDRA SAYS AS HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF, AN OUTSPOKEN PERSON. HE ACCORDING TO THIS LETTER, IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER THE KENYAN FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL RECEIVED REPORTS ABOUT HIS CONDUCT WITHIN HIS CLASS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, HE THINKS IT'S BECAUSE HE READ AN E-MAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN HIM AND THE DEAN ALLOWED TO HIS CLASS. HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECORDINGS. AS I MENTIONED, HE THINKS THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE CLASS CULTURE AND STUDENTS BEING FEARFUL. >> AND A YOUNG PERSON TALKING ABOUT THE RELATION WITH THEIR PARENTS DURING THAT TIME AND THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT LIKE. IT WAS A I WAS SO AMAZED AT WHAT SHE. BUT NEITHER OF US NONE OF US NEVER HAD ANY IDEA WAS BEING RECORDED. THAT'S THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE CONVERSATION FOR SURE. >> AND A STATEMENT TO UNC SAYS THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND REGARDING THE GENERAL TOPIC OF FILMING CLASSES, THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL POLICY, BUT WE FOLLOW UP LIKABLE LAWS. BACK HERE IN THE LIVE CENTER, THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THEY CANNOT

UNC professor says he's shaken after school records his classes without his knowledge

UNC Business School professor upset over secret recordings in class

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Former President Donald Trump may not appear on the 2024 primary ballot in Colorado. WRAL anchor reporter Lena Tillett spoke to Michael Gerhardt about the implications of the ruling and what could happen next.

AMENDMENT. >> AND THEY DISQUALIFIED HIM FROM COLORADO'S PRIMARY BALLOT. TONIGHT, WE'RE HEARING FROM ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS, A PROFESSOR AT UNC CHAPEL HILL WRAL'S LENA TILLETT SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS HERE OF THIS RULING AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT. AND THIS WILL IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY HEAD TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. SIMILAR CASES WERE MADE IN SEVERAL OTHER STATES, INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA. >> AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT COULD HAVE ENORMOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. AND JOINING ME NOW TO HELP MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS IS MICHAEL GEARHART. HE IS THE BURTON, CRAIG, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE AT UNC SCHOOL OF LAW AND THE AUTHOR OF THE UPCOMING BOOK, THE LAW, THE PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT PROFESSOR, EHRHARDT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. CAN YOU BRIEFLY JUST DESCRIBE THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT'S RULING HERE AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENT IT MAKES. >> YES, I'M HAVING TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLY RULED THAT AND ARE PART OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. DONALD TRUMP MEETS THE DEFINITION OF THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY ENGAGED IN ARE ENCOURAGED INSURRECTION OR GAVE COMFORT AN AIDE TO AMERICA'S ENEMIES. ACCORDING TO THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT TRUMP WAS FOUND AS A MATTER OF FACT, TO HAVE INCITED INSURRECTION AND AS A RESULT, HE IS INELIGIBLE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE FORT BENTON. >> SO A LOWER COURT RULING IN COLORADO SAID THAT THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR CLAUSE IN THE 14TH AMENDMENT. SO HOW DOES THIS COURT JUSTIFIED THAT IT DOES AND WHERE DO YOU FALL ON THIS? >> I AGREE WITH THE BEST SCHOLARSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. AND THAT'S THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE COLOR IS PINK OR ARRESTED HIS DECISION, THE BEST SCHOLARSHIP ON THIS ISSUE OF WHO IS COVERED BY SECTION THROUGH THE 14TH AMENDMENT SUGGEST THAT THE PRESIDENT IS, OF COURSE, COVERED THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE SECTION THROUGH THE 14TH AMENDMENT. THE FIRST OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH EFFECTIVELY MEANS EVERYBODY WHO SERVES UNDER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND IT WOULD BE ABSURD TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY BUT THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, IS RENDERED INELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY INCITED INSURRECTION. KEEP IN MIND, THE SECTION WAS DRAFTED IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE FORT, THE CIVIL WAR. AND IF THE PRESIDENT WERE NOT COVERED, THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT THE JEFFERSON DAVIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY. UNITED STATES AND EVEN WHEN IT OCCUPIED THAT OFFICE AND I THINK THAT'S AN ABSURD CONSIDERATION. GIVEN THE AGENDA OF THE PEOPLE WHO DRAFTED THE 14TH AMENDMENT. >> SO THIS WILLING, OF COURSE, HAS NOT ACTUALLY TAKEN EFFECT YET. THE COURT IS GIVING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM TIME TO APPEAL IT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND THE HIGH COURT, OF COURSE, HAS A 63 CONSERVATIVE TO LIBERAL SPLIT. BUT THIS ARGUMENT BY COLORADO SUPREME COURT IS AN ORIGINALIST READING OF THE CONSTITUTION, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES MAY IDEOLOGICALLY. FALL IN LINE MORE WITH. SO WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT JUSTICE IS FALLING ON THIS? >> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE THE JUSTICES, AS YOU JUST SAID, YOU A LOT OF US ARE PRONOUNCES ABOUT HOW WE ALL ON THE FOLLOW, PARTICULARLY HOW THEY OUGHT TO FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SCHOLARS WHO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST RESEARCH ON THIS. OUR REGIONAL IS AND THEY SUGGEST THAT TRUMP IS COVERED BY THE LANGUAGE OF THAT AMENDMENT. IT WOULD BE IRONIC 4 OF THE JUSTICES TO DISREGARD THE PLAIN LANGUAGE AND THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE LANGUAGE IN FAVOR OF SOME OTHER KIND OF RESEARCH. WE'RE FINDING THAT IGNORES THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORIGINAL MEANING. >> SO MANY REPUBLICANS ARE FURIOUS, INCENSED ABOUT THIS SAYING THAT THIS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO VOTERS. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> I RESPOND THE CONSTITUTION. UNITED STATES CONTROLS THE THEY MAY BE UPSET BY. BUT THE LANGUAGE OF SECTION 3 AND I ENCOURAGE YOU LISTENERS TO READ IT PLAYING THE SAYS THE ANYONE WHO SWORE AN OATH TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. BUT BUT INSIGHTS ARE ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION IS INELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT SEEMS DIFFERENT TRUMP VERY NEATLY. >> TOP REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKERS AND OUR STATE SENATOR THOM TILLIS BOTH SAID TODAY THAT THEY ARE NOW LOOKING AT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ONLY ALLOW TOP FEDERAL COURTS TO MAKE BALLOT DECISIONS LIKE THIS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? SENATOR TILLIS, WHO I ASSUME WAS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO CREATE FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON THIS AND I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY HE'S GOING TO GET A MAJORITY IN THE SENATE OR AGREE WITH THAT. >> BUT EVEN IF THERE WERE SUCH AS A FEDERAL STATUTE IT'S PROBABLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO EXCLUDE STATE COURTS FROM RENDERING DECISIONS LIKE THIS. THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT JUST DID. >> PROFESSOR GARY HART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT.

UNC professor, Constitutional scholar analyzes ruling to keep Donald Trump off ballot in Colorado

Taileli Qi, a 34-year-old doctoral student at UNC-Chapel Hill, is accused of killing a UNC professor on campus in August. 

<p>A WALK. ALL 3 ARE 20 YEAR-OLDS AND ARE GRADUATES OF A PRIVATE NONPROFIT SCHOOL. &gt;&gt; THE UNC GRADUATE STUDENT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS PROFESSOR ON CAMPUS IS EXPECTED BACK IN COURT TODAY. WR AS KELSEY COFFEY IS LIVE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN HILLSBOROUGH WITH THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS CASE, KELSEY. WE'RE IN A TIMELY CHI IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR HERE IN THE COURTROOM IN ORANGE COUNTY IN JUST A FEW HOURS. &gt;&gt; AND TODAY IS ESSENTIALLY JUST GOING TO BE A STATUS UPDATE ON HIS CASE. HERE'S A LOOK AT VIDEO FROM HIS LAST COURT APPEARANCE BACK IN SEPTEMBER. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING A UNC PROFESSOR ON CAMPUS IN AUGUST DURING THAT COURT APPEARANCE, WE LEARNED HE THAT WAS FOUND UNFIT FOR TRIAL AFTER A MENTAL EVALUATION EARLIER THIS MONTH. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN EXCEPT DIDN'T SHOW UP. HIS ATTORNEYS APPEARED. INSTEAD SHE WAS SET TO RECEIVE A SECOND EVALUATION THAT HASN'T BEEN RETURNED YET TODAY WE COULD FIND OUT THOSE RESULTS AND HE'S EXPECTED TO APPEAR HERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE A CREW HERE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED. KELSEY COPY WRAL NEWS LIVE IN</p>

Accused UNC shooter unfit to stand trial, court finds

Tailei Qi

Nearly two weeks after the deadly shooting at UNC Chapel Hill, the university is asking what it can do to keep students and staff safe if another tragedy strikes. 

UNC to launch online survey for feedback on school's response to deadly on-campus shooting

UNC launching online survey to gather feedback after deadly shooting on campus

Legislators want to scrap the state's system for providing tenure to state college and university professors -- a move critics are calling government overreach.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. IT IS UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW HOW THE VICTIM IS DOING. UNC CHAPEL HILL FACULTY ARE PUSHING BACK ON MULTIPLE BILLS MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. ONE OF THEM WOULD ELIMINATE TENURE. ANOTHER WOULD CREATE A NEW REQUIRED COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ALONG WITH UNC CHANCELLOR SAY THESE PROPOSED LAWS. WE CREATE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES. WRAL'S MONICA CASEY SHOWS US WHAT THEY'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT >> ALMOST 700 FACULTY MEMBERS HERE AT UNC CHAPEL HILL HAVE SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER OPPOSING PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT THEY SAY AFFECTS THEIR ACADEMIC FREEDOM. >> IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. >> UNC HISTORY, PROFESSOR JAY SMITH CO AUTHORED THIS LETTER AGAINST CERTAIN BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE. HOUSE BILL 3.17, PROPOSES ELIMINATING ACADEMIC TENURE AND INSTEAD CREATING CONTRACTS FOR FACULTY. IT WOULD ALSO GIVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES POWER TO, QUOTE, ENSURE EFFICIENT USE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES. DOCTOR SMITH SAYS ELIMINATING TENURE WOULD MAKE THE STATE AN OUTLIER KNOW ON. >> AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE ANY INTEREST IN COMING TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO PRACTICE THEIR THEIR THEIR CRAFT. IF THERE'S NO PROSPECT OF ENJOYING ACADEMIC FREEDOM, WHICH IS BUT TANYA PROVIDES AT A MEETING OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL LAST WEEK. UNC CHANCELLOR KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ ALSO SPOKE AGAINST THE BILL ELIMINATING TENURE WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR OUR UNIVERSITIES AND >> OUR EFFORTS TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT THE WORLD-CLASS FACULTY THAT WE ENJOY HERE. CHAPEL HILL HOUSE BILL 96 ALSO HAS FACULTY CONCERNED IT WOULD CREATE A NEW REQUIRED COURSE FOR ALL UNDERGRADUATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY OR GOVERNMENT. THE BILL PRESCRIBE CERTAIN READINGS, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION. >> ESSAYS FROM THE FEDERAL LIST PAPERS AND THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. SMITH SAYS THIS LEGISLATION IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST FACULTY, FREEDOM THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL SUFFER FOR IT. >> EDUCATION'S AND OUR INSTITUTIONS WILL BE DEGRADED AND NORTH CAROLINA WILL HAVE SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT.

NC lawmakers consider ditching tenure for experienced professors

The University of North Carolina journalism board addressed a letter to professor Nikole Hannah-Jones, offering support during 