Posted on 06/30/2022 9:01:05 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
George Washington University will not fire Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, an adjunct professor at its law school, amid left-wing cries on the internet for his termination after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
"Because we steadfastly support the robust exchange of ideas and deliberation, and because debate is a central part of our university’s academic and educational mission to train future leaders who are prepared to address the world’s most urgent problems," a letter addressed to its students states, "the university will neither terminate Justice Thomas’s employment nor cancel his class in response to his legal opinions." The move to oust Thomas gained traction after the liberal group Change.org published a petition on its website, gaining thousands of signatures in a matter of days.
The letter referenced university policy regarding academic freedom, citing the guidelines, "It is not the proper role of the University to attempt to shield individuals within or outside the University from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive." Though it demonstrated a degree of support for freedom of expression, the letter sought to distance the school from Thomas’s opinion, saying, "Justice Thomas’s views do not represent the views of either the George Washington University or its law school."
Change.org's petition said Thomas had "stripped the right to bodily autonomy of people with wombs" with the Dobbs decision and called his employment "completely unacceptable."
"Judge Thomas is actively making life unsafe for thousands of students on our campus," the petition reads.
In a separate controversy earlier this month, George Washington University announced it will abandon its use of the "Colonials" moniker after pressure from left-wing groups on campus, who created a similar petition. The university convened a special committee to review the name. The subsequent report recommended discontinuing the title, stating, "The glorified and romanticized image of a white male Colonial normalizes white supremacist patriarchy."
Thomas came under fire during his 1991 televised confirmation hearings, when his former aide Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. Hill failed a polygraph test, and her claims have not been substantiated in the decades since.
In infamous remarks delivered toward the end of the hearings, Thomas referred to the smear campaign—which had been overseen by then-senator Joe Biden as head of the Judiciary Committee—as a "high-tech lynching for uppity-blacks" who dissent from popular opinion in the public sphere.
Terror works. The Democrat Party openly embraces terror as a means of political dominance. He will be fired eventually.
Who's Racist Now?
I hope an intimidating security detail is also central part of our university’s academic and educational mission.
The Ford bitty admitted to lying and has suffered no consequences either.
‘Change.org’s petition said Thomas had “stripped the right to bodily autonomy of people with wombs”’
Wrong. Joe Biden stripped everyone of their right to “body autonomy” when he issued the OSHA vaccine mandate. People with wombs included.
The mob is seeing it’s grip fading fast their life will never be the same again.
Is abortion legal in DC where the university is? Why yes, of course. There are no limits on abortion in DC, even late term. Their only limit is on use of federal funds. MD and VA seem to allow abortion until viability. In other words, the SCOTUS decision had no effect on Washington University campus students.
Washington University grads will have more resources and be more able to relocate to states where abortion law matches their preferences than the typical high school grad or drop out. In other words the petitions claim it’s made that university’s students more vulnerable is specious emotional pandering.
Why teach at a school where most likely want you dead?
Glad I am not donating to GWU law.
Universities, at least in my time, encouraged argument and discussion. Students had to think; really challenge themselves to support or deny a fact…not a FEELING.
Throwing crappy diplomas at marginal students has caused a disastrous supply of insipid, lackadaisical people who think whining is the appropriate way to avoid confronting reality.
My late uncle got his JD from GWU law - back in the late 50s. Glad he's no longer around to witness what's become of his Alma Mater.
the right to bodily autonomy of people with wombs
...and so as we enter the half it’s wombs up by 7
and inseminators continually penetrating their line.
Wait, a flag on the play!
!! Monkey warfare has failed us — time for full on guerrilla warfare !!
Good thing the gig isn’t at Georgetown U., the allegedly Catholic university. Of course, it’s a good bet they never would have hired him in the first place, him being an actual Catholic.
Or, being the faithful Catholic that he is, he likely didn’t apply to Georgetown U.
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