The “social justice warrior” types at Stanford Law School, who recently took pride in shouting down federal judge Kyle Duncan because they just know that he’s wrong about everything, are angry again. They’re angry about the coverage of their “protest” against Judge Duncan.
As we read in this Washington Free Beacon editorial, they don’t think they should be either named or have their photographs shown. Two paragraphs from the editorial:
The school’s chapter of the National Lawyers Guild—the organizing force behind the Maoist horde of would-be lawyers—papered the hallways prior to Judge Duncan’s arrival with the names and photographs of the Federalist Society’s board members.
Yet when Free Beacon reporter Aaron Sibarium quoted the group’s board members describing the protests as “Stanford Law School at its best,” and named those board members, we got a note from one of them, Lily Bou, demanding that we remove her name and those of her classmates. “You do not have our permission to reference or quote any portion of this email in a future piece.”
They’re angry, bossy, and poorly informed about the law.
Meanwhile, Stanford’s administration has issued an apology to Judge Duncan, but so what? This is as if your son sets fire to the neighbor’s garage and you go over to say you’re sorry. Something ought to happen to the students who displayed their contempt for the norms of civilized discourse, but Stanford isn’t doing anything.
Finally, there’s Dean Tirien Steinbach, who thought it appropriate to deliver a hectoring, abusive lecture to the judge without allowing him to give his address. Stanford apparently doesn’t think any penalty is appropriate. But if you think otherwise, you might consider signing Accuracy in Media’s petition calling for her to be fired.
There should be consequences for serious misbehavior, but American college leaders would rather curry favor with the rabid Left than do anything.