Stanford Law School Dean Doubles Down On Free Speech, Diversity Dean Placed On Leave

In a letter released on Wednesday, Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez retracted her support for free speech, regardless of who supported it.

At least one staff member orally accosted Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, a host of the Federalist Society’s school book, as Martinez joined Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne in apologizing after individuals. She was swiftly attacked in return for standing up for the jury.

Martinez made it clear in a letter that she wouldn’t feel intimidated into changing her mind about the situation. She claimed that the ongoing attacks and even risks had persuaded her that more immediate action was required, despite her initial intention to wait until after final exams to adequately address the situation.

” In the information below, I respond to a number of inquiries about my apologies to Judge Duncan, my stance on that excuse, and the protest’s violation of the university plan on disruption.” I explain how I think that in order to uphold diversity and inclusion, we must safeguard the representation of all viewpoints, she said.

She continued by arguing that, despite some of the students’ claims that the First Amendment protected their it, it was important to remember that they had the right to speak and not to cry down opposing viewpoints until they were ignored.

She continued,” The First Amendment tolerates more speech restrictions in a college classroom environment than it would in an ordinary public community ,” for the guest speaker who has been invited by the student organization.

Some individuals claim that the judge’s use of derogatory language or interaction with protesters encouraged the booing. The nature of the disturbance legislation is misunderstood by these arguments. If the policy only applied when a listener said things that protesters in an audience found sensible, it would not be significant to protect the carrying out of social events and the right of attendees to try what is said, Martinez continued. Furthermore, the speaker’s detour from their intended remarks and interaction with the hecklers does not support additional taunting that disrupts the event. The Stanford disturbance policy forbids behavior that” disrupts” the practical carrying out of the event, as well as conduct that actually drowns out the speaker.

Martinez concluded by pointing out that all law school students would be required to attend a training session where they would talk about” freedom of speech and the norms of the legal profession” and how” vulgar personal insults”— like the things they yelled at Judge Duncan — could ultimately be detrimental to their professional reputations.

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Tirien Steinbach, the variety dean of the school, who joined the infiltrators and attacked Duncan personally, has been put on leave. When Duncan requested an administrator to assist in settling the students during the opposition, Steinbach took the floor by herself. Turning on the jury, she asserted that his” views from the terrace land as absolute marginalization” and suggested that he did not deserve a common platform.

Martinez made no further comments regarding Steinbach’s situation, but he did say that the students involved were unlikely to face disciplinary actions, in large part because their generate had given the impression that their disruption was satisfactory.