By Karen Sloan

(Reuters) -A University of Kentucky law professor sued the university on Thursday, claiming it violated his free speech and due process rights this summer when it removed him from teaching, banned him from campus, and launched an investigation into his criticisms of Israel at academic conferences and in online forums.

Ramsi Woodcock said in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, that the probe was baseless and was spurred by political pressure from state lawmakers to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses.

The complaint said the inquiry has chilled speech at the Lexington, Kentucky university, and asked the court to rule that a recently-adopted Kentucky state law aimed at combating campus antisemitism violates the U.S. Cons

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