The ChiComs bought it.
Before the American Revolution, John Adams set the standard for what American lawyers should be: against all public opinion and contrary to his personal views, he successfully defended the six Brit soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre. John Adams knew that this act could endanger his property and his family, his practice as a lawyer, and his standing in the community, but he knew that he had to do what was right. The French lawyer Malsherbes was opposed to the monarchy but when Louis XVI needed a defender against the French mob and the executioners, Malsherbes rose to his defense and was so effective that even the mob voted for the guillotine, but only by one vote. Malsherbes’ reward was to be himself sent to the guillotine as was his entire family. Contrast this conduct to the s-heads at Stanford who won’t tolerate one degree of divergence from their unipolar views.