{"id":2071403,"date":"2023-10-18T08:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-judge-wont-hire-law-students-who-signed-letters-backing-hamas-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T08:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:41:22","slug":"trump-judge-wont-hire-law-students-who-signed-letters-backing-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-judge-wont-hire-law-students-who-signed-letters-backing-hamas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-appointed judge refuses to hire law students who supported Hamas attack."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-judge-wont-hire-law-students-who-signed-letters-backing-hamas-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2071403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>A Federal Judge Takes a Stand Against Law Students Justifying \u200bTerror Attacks<\/h2>\n<p>A federal judge has made a bold statement,\u200c vowing \u2063not to hire law students as clerks if they\u2062 have publicly justified recent terror attacks by Hamas as Palestinian resistance against Israeli oppression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;I will \u200dnot hire any student or intern\u200d who is a member of\u200c any group that signed on\u200c to this Harvard letter or any other similar letter,&#8221; Matthew Solomon, a judge on the U.S. Court of \u2064Federal Claims, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/matthew-s-b673aa8_lawrence-summers-ted-cruz-criticize-harvard-activity-7117366088169848832-hMNs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He was referring to a letter written by the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and endorsed by numerous\u200c student organizations. This letter has faced\u2063 significant backlash for its declaration\u200b that Israel is solely responsible for the violence\u2064 in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/white-house-denounces-hamas-hostage-video-as-propaganda-5511676?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">White \u2064House Denounces Hamas Hostage Video as &#8216;Propaganda&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/white-house-denounces-hamas-hostage-video-as-propaganda-5511676?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n            <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n            <\/picture>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/us-ally-qatar-shielding-hamas-terrorists-after-israel-attack-expert-5511762?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">US Ally Qatar Shielding Hamas Terrorists After Israel Attack: Expert<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/us-ally-qatar-shielding-hamas-terrorists-after-israel-attack-expert-5511762?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n            <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n            <\/picture>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>According to the Harvard Crimson, at least nine of the original signatories have since withdrawn their endorsements.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The judge \u2062argues that signing such a\u2064 statement is equivalent to associating \u200doneself with hate groups or condoning their actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reasonable judges \u2064may reasonably look for vastly different qualities and attitudes in their law clerks,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;But no federal\u200d judge I know would hire \u2063a\u200b card-carrying\u2062 member of\u200c some wacky white supremacist group or even \u2063someone\u2064 that is on record as remotely supporting or even sympathizing \u200bwith such a group&#8217;s activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I refuse to credential anyone who supports or even remotely sympathizes with terror in the\u200d form of a modern-day pogrom,&#8221; he continued, claiming to\u200c have seen evidence \u2064of student groups endorsing \u200cor sympathizing with &#8220;Nazi-like horrors\u200b in Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In an interview with \u200dBloomberg Law,\u2064 Mr. Solomon emphasized that his decision is not political but moral.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If you sign on to a letter that,\u200d in essence, supports the actions of Hamas, you&#8217;re \u200dout as \u2064far as I&#8217;m concerned,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;And if you don&#8217;t agree with what the organization said, then \u2064in this case, resign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u2062 Solomon, who is Jewish \u200chimself, was appointed to the federal claims court by President Donald Trump in 2020. The court consists\u200b of sixteen judges nominated by the \u2062president and confirmed by the Senate for a fifteen-year term.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u200dfollow-up post,\u2062 Mr. Solomon expressed\u200d his pride in taking a stand on\u2062 this issue, \u2063with the support of his colleagues from various backgrounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;I am proud to have been out in front on this issue, \u200cwith the strong \u200dsupport of my colleagues, both Jewish and not, and from my court and elsewhere,&#8221;\u200c he wrote. &#8220;Many of them told me this should not even need\u2062 to be said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Harvard President: We \u2063Don&#8217;t Punish Students for Outrageous Views<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Harvard President Claudine Gay\u2063 has released a\u200c video statement in response to attempts to name\u2062 students who \u2064signed the controversial letter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We \u2062do not punish or sanction people for expressing such \u2063views, but that is \u2062a far cry from endorsing them,&#8221; she stated,\u2063 acknowledging \u200dthat many find\u2063 the views expressed in the letter objectionable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can fan the flames \u200cof division and hatred that are roiling \u200bthe world,&#8221; Ms. Gay said in the clip. &#8220;Or\u2064 we can try to be\u200c a force\u200c for something different and better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, this response has reportedly disappointed some \u200dHarvard alumni and donors, leading to the termination of the university&#8217;s partnership with the Wexner Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are stunned and sickened at the dismal failure of \u200bHarvard&#8217;s\u2062 leadership to take a clear and \u200bunequivocal stand\u2062 against the\u2062 barbaric \u2064murders of \u2063innocent Israeli civilians by terrorists last Saturday, the Sabbath\u200b and a festival day,&#8221; \u200bthe foundation wrote \u200cin \u2063a letter\u200c to Harvard&#8217;s Board of Overseers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In\u200d the absence of \u200dthis clear moral stand, we have determined that the Harvard Kennedy School and the Wexner Foundation are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nonprofit-stunned-and-sickened-after-harvards-dismal-failure-to-condemn-hamas-withdraws-support\/\" title=\"Nonprofit appalled by Harvard's failure to condemn Hamas, withdraws support.\">longer compatible partners<\/a>,&#8221; the letter stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Interestingly, one of the Harvard Kennedy School&#8217;s main buildings is named after Leslie Wexner, the chairman \u2062of the foundation \u200cthat funded its construction.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump Judges: No Jobs for Intolerant \u2063Law Students<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Solomon&#8217;s stance\u2063 aligns with the\u200b views expressed earlier this year\u200c by Judges \u200cJames Ho and \u2063Elizabeth Branch, who \u200durged employers not to hire law students from schools \u2064that fail to teach good \u200ccitizenship.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These judges pointed to incidents at Yale and Stanford Universities where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-judge-wont-hire-law-students-who-signed-letters-backing-hamas-attack\/\" title=\"Trump-appointed judge refuses to hire law students who supported Hamas attack.\">progressive law students disrupted speakers<\/a> they disagreed with, arguing that such behavior\u2062 fosters\u2064 intolerance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;Administrators who promote \u200bintolerance don&#8217;t belong in legal education. And students who practice intolerance don&#8217;t belong in the legal profession,&#8221; the judges wrote in an op-ed for the National Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If schools are unwilling to impose consequences themselves, at a minimum \u200bthey should identify the disrupters so that future \u200demployers know who they are hiring,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200bHow does the judge&#8217;s decision\u2063 to not hire law students\u200c who have justified\u2063 terror attacks by Hamas uphold \u200bthe values of justice and condemn acts\u2063 of terrorism? \u200b <\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200dClass=&#8221;text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]&#8221;>10\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<p>          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/us-ally-qatar-shielding-hamas-terrorists-after-israel-attack-expert-5511762?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<p>          <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While freedom of speech and \u200dexpression are important \u200bvalues, there\u2062 are certain limits and repercussions for voicing support \u200dfor acts of terrorism. The\u200d judge&#8217;s \u2064decision not \u200dto hire law students \u2062who have publicly justified \u2063terror attacks by Hamas showcases the line\u200d that has been crossed by these\u2062 students and their endorsement of violence.<\/p>\n<p>The letter \u2064written by\u200c the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and \u2063its affiliated \u200dorganizations has attracted criticism for \u2063its controversial statements.\u2063 By asserting that Israel \u200bis solely responsible for\u200c the violence in the region, the\u2064 letter overlooks the complex and multifaceted nature \u2063of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has a long history and involves various\u2064 stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential to \u2063acknowledge \u200cthat peace and \u2064resolution cannot be achieved \u200dthrough violence \u200dor the\u2063 justification of terrorist acts. Engaging in acts of terrorism goes against the \u200dprinciples of justice, human\u200c rights,\u200d and international law. Any form of violence, regardless of the circumstances, should be condemned and not justified or glorified.<\/p>\n<p>By publicly\u2064 justifying Hamas&#8217; actions as Palestinian resistance against Israeli oppression, the law students are promoting a dangerous narrative that condones violence and undermines the principles of peaceful coexistence and \u200cnegotiation. Such views\u200d can hinder the progress towards a peaceful resolution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s \u200ddecision not to hire law students who have publicly endorsed these views is a significant step in upholding the values of justice and condemning acts of terrorism. It sends a \u2064strong message \u200cthat supporting or justifying violence will\u2063 not be tolerated, particularly within\u2063 the legal\u200c profession where\u200b the pursuit of justice\u200b is of utmost importance.<\/p>\n<p>Law students hold a unique\u2064 responsibility as future legal professionals to uphold the principles\u2063 of justice, fairness, and the rule of law. By\u2062 publicly justifying acts of violence, they undermine the very foundation of\u200d the legal system they aim to \u200cbe a part of. The judge&#8217;s decision not\u200b to hire such\u200b students reflects the need for accountability and integrity\u200d within the legal profession.<\/p>\n<p>This incident also raises \u2063questions about the role of universities in addressing controversial and divisive topics. While universities should encourage freedom of speech and \u200cthe exploration\u200b of different perspectives, they should\u200d also foster an environment where dialogue and discourse are \u200bconducted in a respectful\u2064 and\u200b constructive manner. Promoting violence or justifying terrorism only leads to\u2063 further\u200d polarization and prevents meaningful\u200d dialogue and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062is crucial for educational institutions\u200d to promote critical\u200b thinking, ethical reasoning, and respect for diversity of opinions. By endorsing a letter\u200b that justifies terrorism, the Harvard Undergraduate\u200d Palestine Solidarity Committee and affiliated organizations \u2064have failed to uphold these principles. Such\u2064 perspectives inhibit the growth and intellectual \u200ddevelopment of students and hinder the\u200c progress towards\u200d peaceful resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the federal judge&#8217;s decision not to hire law students who \u200bhave publicly justified terror attacks by Hamas is a necessary stand against the endorsement of violence. While freedom of speech\u200d is\u2062 a fundamental right, it does \u2062not justify or excuse the promotion and glorification of terrorism. Upholding the principles of justice, integrity, \u2063and peaceful resolution requires individuals \u200cto take a stand against acts\u2063 of violence and their justification. The legal \u200cprofession, in particular, should serve as \u2064a beacon of justice and\u2063 accountability, and hiring decisions must\u2064 reflect \u200cthese values. It is crucial for educational institutions \u200cto foster an environment that encourages respectful \u200bdialogue and critical thinking, promoting understanding and progress towards \u2062peaceful resolutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge vows not to employ law students who support recent terror attacks by Hamas as Palestinian resistance against Israeli oppression. 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