Faculty in the Texas Tech University System have gone to federal court, alleging sweeping curricular review policies amount to an “extraordinary system of censorship.” In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the Texas AAUP–AFT says Chancellor Brandon Creighton’s memoranda create a layered approval process that delays instruction and drives self-censorship. The complaint challenges rules limiting classroom coverage of race, sex, gender, and sexual orientation topics. Faculty members say the system’s memos fail to clarify what is permitted, while internal reviews and decisions affected hundreds of courses, according to a Faculty Senate survey referenced in the filing. Texas Tech’s system leadership defended the policies as lawful and compliant, but the lawsuit seeks a court order blocking enforcement—raising fresh risk for academic governance and First Amendment issues across public higher education systems.