Georgetown Law Hypocrisies Multiply

In late January, Ilya Shapiro was suspended from his new faculty position at Georgetown Law for a tweet that criticized the Biden administration’s use of racial preferences in Supreme Court nominations. Shapiro’s indefinite suspension, which came on the heels of a pressure campaign from student activists and left-wing Twitter pundits, was announced “pending an investigation into whether he violated our policies and expectations on professional conduct, non-discrimination, and anti-harassment, the results of which will inform our next steps,” according to an email from the law school’s dean.

Wednesday will mark the 100th day of that “investigation.” Given that the tweet in question was just 45 words — some of which were single-letter abbreviations such as “v,” “&,” etc. — that will add up to an average of 2.2 days per word. The Georgetown Law administration is very meticulous.

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In late January, Ilya Shapiro was suspended from his new faculty position at Georgetown Law for a tweet that criticized the Biden administration’s use of racial preferences in Supreme Court nominations. Shapiro’s indefinite suspension, which came on the heels of a pressure campaign from student activists and left-wing Twitter pundits, was announced “pending an investigation into whether he violated our policies and expectations on professional conduct, non-discrimination, and anti-harassment, the results of which will inform our next steps,” according to an email from the law school’s dean.

Wednesday will mark the 100th day of that “investigation.” Given that the tweet in question was just 45 words — some of which were single-letter abbreviations such as “v,” “&,” etc. — that will add up to an average of 2.2 days per word. The Georgetown Law administration is very meticulous.