A federal lawsuit challenges Texas A&M University System’s policy restricting instruction about “race ideology,” “gender ideology” and other topics, arguing it functions as a systemwide ban that violates faculty First Amendment rights and due-process protections. The American Association of University Professors joined the case with faculty plaintiffs who say course cancellations or non-offerings followed enforcement of the rule. The complaint alleges the system uses a subjective content-review process with uneven and broad discretion. The filing arrives as a second, similar AAUP complaint targeting the Texas Tech University System has already been filed, putting two large university systems at the center of a growing national dispute over classroom content controls. For campus governance and accreditation-minded institutions, the case spotlights the legal and academic risk of policies that may chill curricular coverage and faculty academic freedom across multiple campuses.