Were Petitioner's statements about the role that diversity and equity considerations should play in faculty hiring and evaluation protected by the First Amendment?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Were Petitioner’s statements about the role that diversity and equity considerations should play in faculty hiring and evaluation protected by the First Amendment? a. Was Petitioner speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern? b. Alternatively, were Petitioner’s statements related to scholarship and teaching? II. Should the Court resolve the question of whether its holding in Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006), applies in the same manner to cases involving speech related to scholarship or teaching? III. Was there a causal connection between Petitioner’s protected blog post and Respondents’ adverse employment actions?