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Federal court decides in favor of retired engineer told by state to not talk about math in public (www.wect.com)

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 367 points 10 months ago

For those curious but don't want to bother opening the link:

It was in North Carolina
The engineer was critiquing NC infrastructure
A NC agency said he needed a permit to criticize their infrastructure
The judge correctly determined that it was a violation of our first amendment rights

[-] linuxdweeb@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This isn't quite the full story. The OP is editorialized clickbait. The engineer wasn't just "criticizing" NC infrastructure, he was testifying in a lawsuit against it, and the defense complained about it to the NC board of examiners for engineers because he did not have a license. The board then sent him a letter saying they were investigating him for practicing engineering without a license.

“Wayne’s troubles began when he agreed to help his son, Kyle, a North Carolina attorney, with a case about a piping system that allegedly flooded a few local homes. In his deposition, Wayne testified truthfully that he was not (and never had been) a licensed engineer. In fact, like the majority of engineers nationwide, Wayne was not required to get a license since he worked for a company under the state’s “industrial exception,’” according to the Institute of Justice.

Source: https://www.wect.com/2021/06/10/retired-wilmington-engineer-files-federal-lawsuit-against-state-board-claims-first-amendement-violations/ (on the same site, linked in the OP)

So it's still stupid, but it's not as stupid as the OP is making it out to be (for those sweet sweet clicks).

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, it's the headline, which completes the final layer of the onion

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