A free speech battle is taking place on the Brooklyn College campus, where students are seeking the dismissal of a faculty member who joked about the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.

Dozens of Brooklyn College students protested on campus to demand the firing of Associate Professor Mitchell Langbert for a controversial blog post after last week's hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

"They’re terribly offensive towards women," student Emily Edwards said during the protest. "As a woman, I would be really uncomfortable in his class right now."

Writing in his personal blog, Langbert called Democrats "totalitarian sissies" for seizing on allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a classmate as a teenager.

"If someone did not commit sexual assault in high school, then he is not a member of the male sex," Langbert also wrote. "The Democrats have...jumped on a series of supposed spin-the-bottle crimes during Kavanaugh's minority, which they characterize as rape."

"As a survivor of sexual assault, I was blown away," student Brochamish Ulovin said. "I think he's completely out of line and not in line with the standards of Brooklyn College."

Langbert has defended the post as an "attempt at satire." But a group of protestors said it's no joking matter.

"When your words, your diction provide danger to your students, especially your female students, then I don’t think you have a right here to teach at Brooklyn College," student Christopher Mejia said."

"We unequivocally condemn Mr. Langbert’s sexism, glorification, and promotion of sexual assault," Corrinne Greene, the president of the Young Progressives of America Brooklyn College Chapter, said at the loudspeaker during demonstrations.

The group claims Langbert’s remarks violate the City University of New York (CUNY) policies against sexual harassment, and are calling for an investigation. Langbert teaches business management at the school and is tenured.

He called into a Brooklyn College radio show Wednesday night, defending Kavanaugh and himself and warned of legal action.

"Any action they take retaliating against my speech will be illegal," he said on the radio show.

The union representing CUNY faculty said it supports Langbert’s right to free speech and his teaching position. The college's president, Michelle Anderson, observed the student protest and later issued a statement saying she finds Langbert’s words repugnant to the values of the institution. She announced the creation of student forums to discuss their concerns.