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Law Students versus Fascism

In his March 14 column/blog post, Ken White of the Popehat Report wrote an article critical of everyone involved in the protests at Stanford over the fright-wing judge Kyle Duncan who spoke there. I have a lot of respect for Mr. White as a lawyer who is also a real human being, a truly rare thing in these days of reptiles operating our injustice system. This post is meant in a respectful way, but I seriously think he missed something.

The “judge” in question was appointed by the orangutan as a cheap shot in his “culture wars” scam. Duncan is not known for the quality of his jurisprudence, but for the idiotic stunts he pulls. He was speaking at Stanford at the invitation of the student chapter of the Federalist Society.

The Federalist Society has shown its true colors as a strong promoter of fascism and autocratic ideals, not the rule of law. The Constitution and our society are based on the rule of law, and that is what a Law School should be about. Having a Federalist Society chapter at a law school is like having a Right to Life office in an abortion clinic - it has no business being there, and is anathema to the goals of the place. That is an obvious problem for Stanford, but who decides who gets to organize on campus is an old problem.

Framing it as a problem of a fascist anarchist speaking at a law school puts the students’ activities in a different light. Allowing the freak to speak is requiring students who intend to participate in the legal system to accept the opposite of everything they are in law school for. Law and its practice are exactly the opposite of what the Federalist Society is promoting in reality, regardless of they lies they tell.

If I was a law student, I would have been trashing the judge too. The piece of shit obviously belongs nowhere near a courtroom or a law school, which is exactly why the orange toddler put him there. There is a point where the amorality and insanity of the fright wing do not belong anywhere near civilization, and this so-called judge is a prime example of where that line was crossed.

The Stanford kids that Mr. White called “thuggish” are right. They are smart enough to know what is wrong about the orange cult and its manipulations. I can’t fault them for having the morals and backbone to call out obvious garbage for what it is. My question is why are the fascists of the Federalist Society allowed anywhere near the place, let alone as a sanctioned student organization.

I don’t see the First Amendment as having much to do with this, but I am not a lawyer. As Mr. White points out,

Judge Duncan is part of a culture of turning the federal judiciary into a conservative grievance LiveJournal. He’s also part of a pathetic culture of conservative victimology and free-speech hucksterism. The American right is trumpeting a purported concern for freedom of speech, based mostly on cries of “cancel culture” and gripes about how other people are using their free speech and association, while campaigning vigorously to use government force to limit speech they don’t like. The Federalist Society is complicit, off the bench and on it.

Mr. White is very much correct there, I just think he greatly understates the involvement of the Federalist Society. My opinion is backed up in many places - the SCOTUS and its destruction of women’s rights is an obvious example. A casual glance at the full-on autocratic viciousness of DeSadist in Florida and the history and stated plans of the orange idiot himself are other examples. These things pass fright wing and Federalist Society muster, but have zero business in a society of laws.

The Federalist Society is in the thick of those destroying our country, full stop. They don’t belong anywhere near a college campus or a legal setting. They belong with the orange maniac in a small jail cell with no hope of parole, so the rest of us can rebuild a civil society safe from their predations.