Tweeted Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe, quoted in "A Stanford student bashed the Federalist Society with a satirical flier. He nearly missed getting his diploma" (WaPo).
Stanford reversed its position after getting excoriated on the web yesterday. Below, you can see how the flier looked. It is subject to being mistaken as the real notice for the event, but that's how satire is done, and it's not as though there was a risk of anyone doing anything harmful if they were foolish enough to believe the "fake news."
And why should Stanford Law strain to protect its community? It can't be that it thinks they're dumb. Maybe it decided to respond to the complaint of the Federalist Society — a conservative group — so it could bank credit for political neutrality as it bumbles boldly forward in the culture wars.
Here is the flyer that led Stanford to place a hold on Wallace's diploma following a complaint by a Stanford Federalist Society leader. pic.twitter.com/sUg3Jvta3I
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 2, 2021
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Temujin writes:
Frankly, I'm surprised the Federalist Society is allowed to operate on the Stanford campus. The same campus that got rid of their Western Civilization requirement, and no longer requires English majors to read Shakespeare. Honestly- that was my biggest surprise reading this.
I wonder when we'll read about the Hoover Institution being shut down at Stanford. It cannot be long in coming. Yes, I agree with you that this was Stanford overreacting to try to appear even-handed as they bumble through our woke era.
Finally- I love reading Laurence Tribe, who is so fervently in favor of censoring Trump and others whose ideas he cannot stand, come out strongly in favor of free speech.
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