A Stanford Law student sent out this objectively hilarious FedSoc parody (“The Originalist Case for Insurrection feat. Josh Hawley”) and the FedSoc chapter filed just about the dumbest, whiniest complaint imaginable, and now the guy’s degree is on hold pending an investigation ?? pic.twitter.com/iiokPL4EgP
— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) June 2, 2021
This week’s #WATB Award goes to the Federalist Society, for attempting to salve its wounded fee-fees by cancelling an irreverent law student, because free speech only applies to the Right kind of speech.
No naughty words, no outrageous claims — just a collection of facts & observations!
??A Stanford spokesperson tells me the school will NOT move forward with the investigation into Nicholas Wallace for making fun of the Federalist Society because he engaged in protected speech. The hold on his diploma has allegedly been lifted. Background: https://t.co/gtrIlUfFOd pic.twitter.com/aG5epczMm2
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 3, 2021
This just hit the Stanford Law listserv ?? pic.twitter.com/43eBFWrJJu
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 2, 2021
Murphy the Trickster God protect Mr. Wallace, but I’m thinking this will be a starred point in his CV for the kind of employer best suited to make use of his talents.
‘Stanford’ is taking the hits on social media — not that it doesn’t deserve what it gets — but let it be noted for the record that the Federalist Society is not only evil, but also risible.
/2 But this incident illustrates how such a bureaucratic approach stifles speech and fails to live up to Stanford’s avowed commitment to protect it, and lets bad-faith actors like the rodents at @SLSFedSoc inflict punishment via process.
— LolWhatInsurrectionHat (@Popehat) June 3, 2021
/4 In summary:
FIRE is badass
Stanford Law was disappointing here@SLSFedSoc ought to be the subject of constant ridicule and contempt until further notice— LolWhatInsurrectionHat (@Popehat) June 3, 2021
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) June 3, 2021
RepubAnon
Fortunately, Stanford backed down once a civil rights organization pointed out that under California law, private universities must grant students the same First Amendment protections as public schools. As this was obviously a parody protected by the First Amendment, Stanford will let the student graduate.
Funny how a top law school was not aware of controlling law.
Jerzy Russian
Are the people in the Federalist Society wankers, WATBs, or both?
Don’t they teach you in law school the art of not drawing attention to something you want to go away?
mrmoshpotato
Aww….the poor baby bitchasses. Why don’t they go suck Dump’s ass for comfort?
Or better yet, go whine in the comments on Dump’s bigliest tremendous blog.
HumboldtBlue
@RepubAnon:
I’ve been following this since it appeared, and what’s so damning about it all is that even the most simple-minded of us recognized protected speech immediately. That’s what so shameful for Stanford.
StringOnAStick
All Twitter users should take Popehat’s advice and continue to drag the Federalist Society well into the next century.
Kent
This has been an amusing episode. And the parody he wrote was clever and funny as hell.
But seriously folks. Of all the people in this country facing injustice, some young white Stanford law school graduate getting a 12-hour hold put on his diploma can’t be in the top 1-million even
But yeah, drag the Federalist society and Stanford through the mud. The both deserve it.
mrmoshpotato
Now if only dank memes could launch Federalist Society trash into the Sun…
Danielx
Once again, wondering why “fuck those guys” is not a rotating tag line.
mrmoshpotato
@Jerzy Russian:
Both, and something more Australian.
SFAW
“Dank meme”? Fuck that shit. The last person I saw use that was tovarishch* Jill Stein, back when she was still semi-relevant, but before she gave the election to The Traitor. Why doesn’t Jeong also say “All REET, Daddy-O!!”?
Sorry, it’s just another of my pet peeves.
*I don’t know if there’s a feminine conjugation (so to speak) for “tovarishch.”
mrmoshpotato
@Danielx:
Too vague with all the shitstains these days?
Captain C
@Jerzy Russian: Both.
HumboldtBlue
Oh, and if I haven’t said hi yet, hey ladies!
mrmoshpotato
@SFAW: Punch-fascist-shit-in-the-fucking-face memes?
HumboldtBlue
Speaking of peacocks, moms all across the country have found their teen throb poster boy again.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Unless things have changed recently, you don’t need a JD(or be a law school graduate) to sit for the California Bar exam.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Considering the Federalist Society are billed as the serious adults and intellectuals of the Right and some collage kid can get up their nose this easily that they lash like someones crazy uncle at a family dinner pretty much shows they are running on empty now.
Wapiti
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Looks like he was planning on taking it in Michigan, not that I know the rules there.
SFAW
@mrmoshpotato:
Sounds good, whether memes are included or not.*
*NB to SubaruDianne and Steve in the WTFKW**: Yes, I realize including the “or not” following “whether” is not grammatically correct.
** I’m not ignoring all the other jackal pedants***, of course
*** Or pedantic jackals, I guess
phdesmond
@HumboldtBlue:
good memes tonight.
Omnes Omnibus
@?BillinGlendaleCA: You can’t just walk in a take the Bar Exam. CA has a formalized apprenticeship program.
SFAW
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
Is that like “jumbo shrimp,” “compassionate narcissists,” and “honorable/patriotic Republicans”?
Jay
So, tomorrow and the few next weeks should be “fun”.
Corporate has started hanging the performative LBGTQ and Trans flags, for Pride Month.
I am hanging an empty chair with a red shawl up, in support of the missing and murdered women and children,
with orange painted baby shoes, for the T’kumloops Septememic mass graves at the Kamloops Residential School,
got all my arguments ready to shut down Corporate, or make it Media.
Wish me luck. The Swawassen people commute all the way to Burnaby store, to avoid the racism at the White Rock store.
HumboldtBlue
@phdesmond:
At least I’m good for something.
Omnes Omnibus
@HumboldtBlue: I wouldn’t quite go that far.
HumboldtBlue
Jen Psaki needs her own show.
SiubhanDuinne
@SFAW:
The “or not” following “whether” isn’t always redundant. In this case, you’re fine. PASS.
HumboldtBlue
@Omnes Omnibus:
I gotta have something to hang my mouse on, ya gotta give me that.
This came up on my Twitter timeline, so there’s that too.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: But in this case, just not being awarded his JD wouldn’t have prevented him from taking the Bar, he had 3 years at an ABA accredited law school.
Ruckus
@mrmoshpotato:
Well they can’t do that any longer.
Not that anyone was seemingly doing that in the first place.
SiubhanDuinne
Speaking of lawyers, F. Lee Bailey has died at age 87.
Ruckus
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
Thing is, they are the serious adults in conservatism.
Which is saying a lot about conservatism, just not a lot of good.
Mary G
Cathie from Canada
One thing I thought was weird was that the notice from Stanford withdrawing the disciplinary action against the student wasn’t from the Law School Dean, or from the Stanford Academic Vice-President. Instead, it was from an assistant director in their Public Relations department.
Hmmm.
I worked in university administration for 30 years. This smells like the disciplinary action itself was just an attempt by their corporate public relations people to mollify a big donor or a member of the Board of Governors. Pretty sleazy.
HumboldtBlue
@Mary G:
What the hell? That’s worth a guffaw.
Mary G
Teen came home from work with his diploma! He couldn’t stay for the ceremony, but they let him come and get it this afternoon.
Jay
@Mary G:
congrats to you and the teen,
something fabulous
@Mary G: What a surprise!! Congrats to The Teen and to you all!
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Mary G: Good news! Glad to hear it
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: “How are you seriously asking that question, you fucking imbecile? Have you had your head up your ass since January 18th?”
mrmoshpotato
@Ruckus:
I know. And…
Sorry. Cried my tear ducts dry from laughing.
SFAW
@SiubhanDuinne:
SD, I luvs ya, but I think you’re worng in this case.
[My “reasoning”: the “memes are included” is the “A” statement, and “or not” is the “not A” statement, thus rendering it redundant vis-a-vis the “whether.” Had it been a “whether A or B” type of statement, where “B” and “not A” are different/unrelated/dissimilar, then I’d agree.]
[Why, yes, I DO have too much time on my hands; why do you ask?]
Edmund Dantes
@RepubAnon: controlling law that they were the first ever case of all the way back in the dark ages of 1994-1995 (which they lost).
Edmund Dantes
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Michigan. It’s explained in the articles.