The Progressive Flight from Law and the Constitution

What’s happening at Yale is only one example of a broader trend.

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Outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the first day of the court’s new term in Washington, D.C., October 3, 2022.

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The legal academy is abuzz over U.S. Circuit Judge James Ho’s decision to boycott clerks from Yale Law School. Judge Ho’s decision came in response to what he saw as a troubling pattern at Yale of disrespecting and disrupting speakers arguing from conservative viewpoints.

Whatever one thinks of the position taken by Judge Ho, something feels different as a new school year and new Supreme Court term get underway. And it’s troubling.

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Brad Lingo

Brad Lingo is a 2003 graduate of Harvard Law School and an associate professor at Regent University School of Law.

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