All’s well that ends well! https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/federalist-society-stanford.html
On Thursday, June 3, 2021, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > ADVERTISEMENT > Continue reading the main story > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=79831193&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&pool=pool/91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&imp_id=226728252&action=click&module=Popular%20in%20The%20Times&pgtype=Homepage#after-top> > A Law Student Mocked the Federalist Society. It Jeopardized His Graduation. > > The Stanford student sent a satirical flier that drew a complaint from the > conservative group. The university then placed a hold on his diploma. > > - > > <https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=9869919170&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F06%2F03%2Fus%2Fstanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html%3Fsmid%3Dfb-share&name=A%20Law%20Student%20Mocked%20the%20Federalist%20Society.%20It%20Jeopardized%20His%20Graduation.&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F> > - > > <https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=A%20Law%20Student%20Mocked%20the%20Federalist%20Society.%20It%20Jeopardized%20His%20Graduation.%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F06%2F03%2Fus%2Fstanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html%3Fsmid%3Dwa-share> > - > > <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F06%2F03%2Fus%2Fstanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html%3Fsmid%3Dtw-share&text=A%20Law%20Student%20Mocked%20the%20Federalist%20Society.%20It%20Jeopardized%20His%20Graduation.> > - > > <?subject=NYTimes.com%3A%20A%20Law%20Student%20Mocked%20the%20Federalist%20Society.%20It%20Jeopardized%20His%20Graduation.&body=From%20The%20New%20York%20Times%3A%0A%0AA%20Law%20Student%20Mocked%20the%20Federalist%20Society.%20It%20Jeopardized%20His%20Graduation.%0A%0AThe%20Stanford%20student%20sent%20a%20satirical%20flier%20that%20drew%20a%20complaint%20from%20the%20conservative%20group.%20The%20university%20then%20placed%20a%20hold%20on%20his%20diploma.%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F06%2F03%2Fus%2Fstanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html%3Fsmid%3Dem-share> > - > - > - *457* > > [image: Stanford University said it had lifted the hold on a law student’s > graduation after administrators consulted with the university’s legal > counsel, who concluded the matter involved issues of protected speech.] > Stanford University said it had lifted the hold on a law student’s > graduation after administrators consulted with the university’s legal > counsel, who concluded the matter involved issues of protected speech. > Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times > [image: Neil Vigdor] <https://www.nytimes.com/by/neil-vigdor> > > By Neil Vigdor <https://www.nytimes.com/by/neil-vigdor> > NYT, June 3, 2021, 5:30 a.m. ET > > It was the final day of classes at Stanford Law School, May 27, when > Nicholas Wallace said he was blindsided by a message from one of the deans > informing him that his graduation was in jeopardy for potential misconduct. > > His offense: sending an email flier to fellow law students in January that > he pretended was from the Federalist Society, a prominent conservative and > libertarian group with a chapter > <https://law.stanford.edu/federalist-society/> at the law school. > > The satirical flier > <https://www.thefire.org/fire-letter-stanford-university-june-1-2021/> > promoted > a discussion about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, featuring > Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, and the Texas attorney > general, Ken Paxton. The title of the mock event: “The Originalist Case for > Inciting Insurrection.” > > The chapter’s leaders were not amused. They filed a complaint on March 27 > with the university, which said in a message to Mr. Wallace that it wasn’t > until May 22 that the complainants had asked the administration to pursue > the matter. > > ADVERTISEMENT > Continue reading the main story > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=79831193&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&pool=pool/91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&imp_id=226728252&action=click&module=Popular%20in%20The%20Times&pgtype=Homepage#after-story-ad-1> > > “I was astounded,” Mr. Wallace, 32, said in an interview on Wednesday. “I > couldn’t believe that without any more than this letter of concern they > placed my graduation and everything I’ve worked for for the last three > years, they’ve placed that under threat.” > > Mr. Wallace’s predicament drew national attention from both free speech > groups and conservatives. It served as another example of the intense > debate over political speech on college campuses in America. > > - Gift Subscriptions to The Times, Cooking or Games. > > Starting at $25. > <https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/gift?campaignId=9UK8F&channel=ometered&areas=inlineUnit&campaign=coregift> > > In response to questions on Wednesday, a spokesman for Stanford University > said in an email that Mr. Wallace would be allowed to graduate after all > after administrators consulted with the university’s legal counsel, who > concluded the matter involved issues of protected speech. > > “In cases where the complaint is filed in proximity to graduation, our > normal procedure includes placing a graduation diploma hold on the > respondent,” said the spokesman, E.J. Miranda. “The complaint was resolved > as expeditiously as possible, and the respondent and complainant have been > informed that case law supports that the email is protected speech.” > > Mr. Miranda said that the university would also review its procedures for > placing holds on student diplomas in judicial cases close to graduation. > Editors’ Picks > A Skillful Narrative of Excavating the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/review-ground-breaking-tulsa-massacre-scott-ellsworth.html?action=click&algo=use&block=editors_picks_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=632365068&impression_id=733a3340-c4b9-11eb-b0c5-d515e88e2e2f&index=0&pgtype=Article&pool=editors-picks-ls®ion=ccolumn&req_id=514791573&surface=home-featured&variant=4_use&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article®ion=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending> > Summertime … and the Sloganeering Is a Little Awkward > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/style/city-summer-slogans.html?action=click&algo=use&block=editors_picks_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=806944852&impression_id=733a3341-c4b9-11eb-b0c5-d515e88e2e2f&index=1&pgtype=Article&pool=editors-picks-ls®ion=ccolumn&req_id=514791573&surface=home-featured&variant=4_use&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article®ion=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending> > As M.L.B. Honors Lou Gehrig, It Shines a Spotlight on A.L.S. > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/sports/baseball/lou-gehrig-day.html?action=click&algo=use&block=editors_picks_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=363121661&impression_id=733a3342-c4b9-11eb-b0c5-d515e88e2e2f&index=2&pgtype=Article&pool=editors-picks-ls®ion=ccolumn&req_id=514791573&surface=home-featured&variant=4_use&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article®ion=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending> > Continue reading the main story > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=79831193&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&pool=pool/91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&imp_id=226728252&action=click&module=Popular%20in%20The%20Times&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article®ion=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending#after-pp_edpick> > > ADVERTISEMENT > Continue reading the main story > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=79831193&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&pool=pool/91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&imp_id=226728252&action=click&module=Popular%20in%20The%20Times&pgtype=Homepage#after-story-ad-2> > > The president of the campus chapter of the Federalist Society did not > respond to a request for comment on Wednesday night. > > Mr. Hawley, who received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University > <https://www.hawley.senate.gov/biography>, was widely criticized > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/josh-hawley-vilified-for-exhorting-jan-6-protesters-is-not-backing-down.html> > for objecting to the certification of the presidential election results. > Mr. Paxton has drawn scrutiny > <https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-ken-paxton-elections-presidential-elections-2b9b7f12e2c4ba77d407c533dd315f95> > for his appearance at a rally in support of Donald J. Trump in > Washington on the day of the siege. > > Representatives for Mr. Hawley and Mr. Paxton did not immediately respond > to requests for comment on Wednesday night. > > Grabbing attention itself was Mr. Wallace’s satirical flier, which he said > he had emailed to a Listserv forum for law school students on Jan. 25, > nearly three weeks after the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. > > The flier said that the event was being presented by the Federalist > Society on Jan. 6. > > “Riot information will be emailed the morning of the event,” the flier > said, offering Grubhub coupons to the first 30 students who R.S.V.P.’d for > the fictitious program. “Although widely believed to conflict in every way > with the rule of law, violent insurrection can be an effective approach to > upholding the principle of limited government.” > > Two days after the satirical flier was sent by Mr. Wallace, it was the > focus of a fact check article by USA Today > <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/27/fact-check-flyer-calling-capitol-riot-stanford-event-satire/4267449001/>, > which reported that the email was a form of satire. > > ADVERTISEMENT > Continue reading the main story > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=79831193&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&pool=pool/91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&imp_id=226728252&action=click&module=Popular%20in%20The%20Times&pgtype=Homepage#after-story-ad-3> > > In a complaint to the university, unidentified officers of the Federalist > Society chapter said that Mr. Wallace’s email had caused significant harm > and had led other organizations to cancel their events with the group. > > “Wallace defamed the student group, its officers, Senator Josh Hawley, and > Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton,” the complaint said. “Wallace, > impersonating the Stanford Federalist Society, wrote on the flyer that > ‘Riot information will be emailed the morning of the event,’ insinuating > that the student group was encouraging and hosting a riot. He also wrote > that Attorney General Paxton advocates for ‘overturn[ing] the results of a > free and fair election’ by ‘calling on a violent mob to storm the Capitol.’ > And he wrote that Senator Hawley believes that violent insurrections are > justified.” > > The names of the complainants were redacted from the complaint, which was > posted online on Monday by the Foundation for Individual Rights in > Education, a group working to defend free speech on college campuses. Mr. > Wallace had sought the group’s help. > > “By instituting an investigation and placing a hold on Wallace’s degree > days before his graduation, Stanford betrays its legal and moral > commitments to respect its students’ expressive rights,” the group said in > a letter on Tuesday to one of the law school’s deans. > > The flap drew the notice of Slate magazine > <https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/federalist-society-stanford.html>. > The writer of that article, Mark Joseph Stern, was the featured speaker in > a conversation about the Federalist Society that Mr. Wallace said he had > organized about a month after he sent the satirical email. > > Mr. Wallace’s cause was also taken up by Laurence H. Tribe, a > constitutional law professor emeritus at Harvard University. > > “Mocking an ideologically-based group can’t be made a basis for denying > academic privileges in any open society worthy of respect,” Mr. Tribe wrote > on Twitter. “If accurate, this report shows Stanford Law School to be > unworthy of treatment as an academic institution.” > > ADVERTISEMENT > Continue reading the main story > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=79831193&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-uh-nclicks-alpha-01&pool=pool/91fcf81c-4fb0-49ff-bd57-a24647c85ea1&imp_id=226728252&action=click&module=Popular%20in%20The%20Times&pgtype=Homepage#after-story-ad-4> > > George T. Conway III, one of the founders of the anti-Trump group the > Lincoln Project, also rallied behind Mr. Wallace. > > “As someone who been involved with the Federalist Society for over 35 > years, I agree that this is totally ridiculous,” Mr. Conway said on > Twitter, responding to Mr. Tribe. > > Mr. Wallace, who is from Ann Arbor, Mich., and received his undergraduate > degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, said that he is > supposed to take the bar exam this summer in his home state and then start > a job with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C. > > He said that he would not have been able to take the bar exam without his > law school diploma, which he will receive on June 12. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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