(January 22, 2024, 2:17 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A North Carolina State University (NCSU) professor saw his petition for certiorari denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22, with the high court declining to consider his questions about whether his ouster from a degree program was an adverse employment action in response to a controversial blog post that he authored and whether that post was protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....