Last week, Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor reassured Georgetown Law students and alumni that Ilya Shapiro’s “appalling” remarks regarding Joe Biden’s commitment to a race- and sex-based SCOTUS nomination did not align with Georgetown Law’s values.
Georgetown Law dean William Treanor sends out an email to the campus community condemning recent Georgetown Law hire Ilya Shapiro's racist tweets, which, great, but the obvious question it raises is, what are you gonna *do* about it, Bill? pic.twitter.com/NJTjpV4gNZ
— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) January 27, 2022
Here, again, are Shapiro’s comments:
Ilya Shapiro’s racism and sexism is his own problem, but for @GeorgetownLaw to hire him into a leadership role is really disgraceful pic.twitter.com/HtrP5g4y9f
— poorly hidden account (@poorlyhidden) January 27, 2022
Shapiro had only recently been hired as executive director and lecturer at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. But he may not be much longer for that position. Mark Joseph Stern, the Slate writer behind the campaign to get Shapiro canceled (but not fired, he insists), is proud to share Dean Treanor’s update that Shapiro has officially been placed “on administrative leave, pending an investigation”:
Bill Treanor, dean of @GeorgetownLaw, says Ilya Shapiro will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into whether he violated policies and expectations for professional conduct. pic.twitter.com/0jor978xSs
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 31, 2022
Spoiler alert: Shapiro didn’t violate any policies or expectations for professional conduct.
Mark Joseph Stern is another story.
you're trash (and an awful legal journo, to boot)
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) January 31, 2022
Fact-check: true.
Ilya Shapiro placed on "administrative leave" at Georgetown Law, just a short time after they hired him, pending the outcome of an "investigation" of views he has long held and expressed publicly.
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) January 31, 2022
This is absurd
Even the most bad faith reading of Ilya Shapiro’s tweet does not warrant this https://t.co/XbmtBEwOT7
— Daniel Acosta Rivas (@DanAcostaR) January 31, 2022
bUt tHEre'S nO cANcEl cUlTurE https://t.co/fNaxKDqnoE
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 31, 2022
The perpetrators are blind to their own crimes.
Will you pay his lost wages or https://t.co/XH7QTEYk2G
— Jay (@OneFineJay) January 31, 2022
Don’t count on it. Especially because Mark doesn’t care.
Take a bow, Mark. https://t.co/Xeukv8pLyH
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 31, 2022
Congratulations. You got what you wanted.
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) January 31, 2022
You achieved the goal you keep claiming you didn’t try to achieve, you Stasi bastard. https://t.co/sRL6JaIBG1
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 31, 2022
Yup. Good job, all around.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 31, 2022
High-five, Mark. Go buy yourself a cake and take a bow.
Pathetic, @GeorgetownLaw. Never, ever say you support free speech, if this is how you act.
This is a disgrace. https://t.co/3PJ2NO2pCI
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 31, 2022
What a disgrace. What an absolute disgrace. https://t.co/92zXpLBLoG
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) January 31, 2022
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