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The article offers the author's insights on the absolute immunity of administrators at the Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) to academic free speech which results to lawsuits filed against the NEIU, citing the court case Garcetti v. Ceballos. Topics discussed include the importance of faculty speech to the academic structure, the Citizen Participation Act, and the criticism against the policy of the university related to the arrest of students involved in a peace protest.

The article discusses judicial immunity in the wake of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's ruling in the case Hemminghaus v. Missouri which deals with Missouri's plan for judicial selection and a question regarding how a judicial employee might properly deal with suspected child abuse. An absolute immunity doctrine is examined, along with the U.S. Supreme Court cases Stump v. Sparkman and Mireles v. Waco which address judges' immunity. A qualified immunity doctrine is assessed.