FILE - Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow, right, and his wife Carmen Wilson, center, take questions in Madison, Wis., Sept. 20, 2024, following a hearing before a committee that would determine whether he can teach after being fired as the campus leader for making pornographic videos. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File) AP

"I think this is an important moment for free speech and I'd like to think this will result in a court saying you can't fire someone for what they do on the internet on their own time," Gow, 64, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Former President Joe Biden's pardon of Judge Michael Conahan drew bipartisan outrage in Pennsylvania, and now, his additional pardons draw new attention to the power. Just hours after President Donald Trump announced steep tariffs on Colombia for refusing to accept American deportees,

Joe Gow's story garnered national attention for the salaciousness of a high-profile university official making pornographic movies and publicly talking about it