When Georgetown University Law Center placed new faculty member Ilya Shapiro on leave Monday over his comments regarding the race of President Biden's future Supreme Court nominee, it joined a growing list of law schools embroiled lately in free speech disputes.
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSome academics are defending new Georgetown hire Ilya Shapiro, who is under investigation for Tweets he sent last weekFeb 1 - When Georgetown University Law Center placed new faculty member Ilya ShapiroMonday over his comments regarding the race of President Biden's future Supreme Court nominee, it joined a growing list of law schools embroiled lately in free speech disputes.
"I think it's a reflection of the time we live in—a time in which we are very politically polarized, and social media and the Internet make it so easy for these things to get national attention," said free speech expert Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.against longtime professor Amy Wax, whose comments about race and immigration have spurred periodic campus outrage since at least 2017.
This week divisions over race and free speech are coming to a head at Georgetown. Shapiro, formerly of the Cato Institute, was due to join the law school Tuesday to head its Center for the Constitution. In one of a series of messages, Shapiro said Biden’s pledge to select a Black woman for the Supreme Court would result in a “lesser” nominee than his preferred candidate. He has since apologized for his “inartful” language but said he did not violate school policy.
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