Stanford equity dean Tirien Steinbach gets a pink slip after inciting law students to disrupt a speaker

Tirien Steinbach was the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Stanford Law School (SLS), and became infamous for egging on the schools’s students to attack visiting speaker Judge Kyle Duncan, who’s on the Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit. I posted on her actions here and their fallout here.  Short take; Steinbach more or … Continue reading Stanford equity dean Tirien Steinbach gets a pink slip after inciting law students to disrupt a speaker

Stanford Law School tries to succor Federalist Society by sending its members into the jaws of lions

Get a load of this. Although Stanford University Law School is trying to make amends for the shameful display put on by its students last week, they continue to stick their feet deeper into the mud. Yesterday I reported on the execrable deplatforming of Fifth Circuit federal appellate Judge Kyle Duncan during his scheduled talk … Continue reading Stanford Law School tries to succor Federalist Society by sending its members into the jaws of lions

Stanford Law School Dean writes long letter supporting free speech and viewpoint neutrality, puts offending DEI administrator on leave

I’ve written previously about the shameful behavior of Stanford University Law School (SLS) with respect to a March 9 talk by conservative Appellate Court judge Kyle Duncan. The talk, about the relationship between Duncan’s court and the Supreme Court, was seriously disrupted by the law-school students, who shouted and put up posters and signs in … Continue reading Stanford Law School Dean writes long letter supporting free speech and viewpoint neutrality, puts offending DEI administrator on leave

NYT article defends the DEI dean at Stanford who escalated a judge’s talk into a conflagration and bad publicity for Stanford Law School

Well, author Vimal Patel, in a bizarre NYT article in which nearly every paragraph is just one sentence, has decided to take a new tack about the fracas at Stanford Law School (SLS) that involved the deplatforming of a visiting conservative judge, the disruption of his talk by a bunch of unruly and juvenile students, … Continue reading NYT article defends the DEI dean at Stanford who escalated a judge’s talk into a conflagration and bad publicity for Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School’s DEI Dean, currently on leave, argues that DEI and free speech can coexist

The DEI Dean of Stanford Law School (SLS), Tirien Steinbach, is now on leave from the University after helping escalate a disruption between law-school students and a visiting Appellate Court Judge, Kyle Duncan, invited by Stanford’s Federalist Society to talk about the relationship between his court and the Supreme Court.  It’s not clear whether Steinbach … Continue reading Stanford Law School’s DEI Dean, currently on leave, argues that DEI and free speech can coexist

The Washington Post decries the suppression and deplatforming of speech by students

Is a turning point really being reached in the War Against Wokeness?  Every time I read a piece in the mainstream media decrying  the pernicious antics of the Authoritarian Left (one of the terms I use for “the woke”), I think to myself, “Is the tide really turning at long last?” Well, it’s not going … Continue reading The Washington Post decries the suppression and deplatforming of speech by students

Entitled Stanford Law students, egged on by DEI dean, demolish the free speech of a visiting judge

A bunch of students at Stanford Law school, egged on by a DEI dean, managed to shut down a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan, who’s on the Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit. That’s one of the 13 appellate courts of last resort before the final one: the U.S. Supreme Court. The Fifth, headquartered … Continue reading Entitled Stanford Law students, egged on by DEI dean, demolish the free speech of a visiting judge

In a punitive decision, two federal appellate-court judges decide to no longer hire clerks from Stanford Law School

James C. Ho is a Trump-appointed federal judge on the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. That means he’s a conservative judge on the most conservative federal appellate court; further, this story was reported by a conservative website, the Free Beacon.  If you want to ignore it because of that, that’s your problem, … Continue reading In a punitive decision, two federal appellate-court judges decide to no longer hire clerks from Stanford Law School