Ilya Shapiro

And Megan, look, these deans, you saw two of them there in those clips. They're generally not woke radicals. They're generally not social justice warriors. They're spineless cowards. They're bureaucrats who try to climb the greasy pole. And that means placating this illiberal mob. It's a kind of cascade of failures in higher education.

or Yale or a couple of other. I mean, it's a particularly dangerous thing at the so-called elite schools who turn out the next generation leaders and who give each other prizes for these sorts of things. But universally, it's a lot of things going on that don't necessarily make the national news. It's not just shout downs of a federal judge or me.

or Yale or a couple of other. I mean, it's a particularly dangerous thing at the so-called elite schools who turn out the next generation leaders and who give each other prizes for these sorts of things. But universally, it's a lot of things going on that don't necessarily make the national news. It's not just shout downs of a federal judge or me.

or Yale or a couple of other. I mean, it's a particularly dangerous thing at the so-called elite schools who turn out the next generation leaders and who give each other prizes for these sorts of things. But universally, it's a lot of things going on that don't necessarily make the national news. It's not just shout downs of a federal judge or me.

This happened to me at a different school, also in the Bay Area, what used to be called UC Hastings until they renamed it because it turns out Mr. Hastings did some politically incorrect things. the culture of silence and of self-censorship and of teaching that avoids taking serious legal theories seriously.

This happened to me at a different school, also in the Bay Area, what used to be called UC Hastings until they renamed it because it turns out Mr. Hastings did some politically incorrect things. the culture of silence and of self-censorship and of teaching that avoids taking serious legal theories seriously.

This happened to me at a different school, also in the Bay Area, what used to be called UC Hastings until they renamed it because it turns out Mr. Hastings did some politically incorrect things. the culture of silence and of self-censorship and of teaching that avoids taking serious legal theories seriously.

Originalism, say, the idea that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the original public meaning of its words, which a majority of the Supreme Court, about half the federal judiciary uses. Just to do their basic jobs, they don't have to agree with it. They should teach it. And at best, you have kind of snide remarks about how it's inappropriate and why would anyone think this way.

Originalism, say, the idea that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the original public meaning of its words, which a majority of the Supreme Court, about half the federal judiciary uses. Just to do their basic jobs, they don't have to agree with it. They should teach it. And at best, you have kind of snide remarks about how it's inappropriate and why would anyone think this way.

Originalism, say, the idea that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the original public meaning of its words, which a majority of the Supreme Court, about half the federal judiciary uses. Just to do their basic jobs, they don't have to agree with it. They should teach it. And at best, you have kind of snide remarks about how it's inappropriate and why would anyone think this way.

We have broken systems of education that's really more activism on the teaching and the faculty front. but also on the bureaucratic front. So we have now in most places, including law schools, more non-teaching staff than faculty. I don't know what all of these bureaucrats are doing. Well, actually, I do.

We have broken systems of education that's really more activism on the teaching and the faculty front. but also on the bureaucratic front. So we have now in most places, including law schools, more non-teaching staff than faculty. I don't know what all of these bureaucrats are doing. Well, actually, I do.

We have broken systems of education that's really more activism on the teaching and the faculty front. but also on the bureaucratic front. So we have now in most places, including law schools, more non-teaching staff than faculty. I don't know what all of these bureaucrats are doing. Well, actually, I do.

They're orientating and training and imbuing a culture where, well, there's no such thing as objective truth and one's rights and freedoms depend on where you are in some sort of privilege hierarchy or intersectional matrix, all this mumbo jumbo that is directly contrary to the structure of the law.

They're orientating and training and imbuing a culture where, well, there's no such thing as objective truth and one's rights and freedoms depend on where you are in some sort of privilege hierarchy or intersectional matrix, all this mumbo jumbo that is directly contrary to the structure of the law.

They're orientating and training and imbuing a culture where, well, there's no such thing as objective truth and one's rights and freedoms depend on where you are in some sort of privilege hierarchy or intersectional matrix, all this mumbo jumbo that is directly contrary to the structure of the law.

They're basically saying, you students in law school, what you're learning, all of these systems and structures and institutions are illegitimate. You need to question them and turn them down. I mean, this is a huge disservice to our nation.

They're basically saying, you students in law school, what you're learning, all of these systems and structures and institutions are illegitimate. You need to question them and turn them down. I mean, this is a huge disservice to our nation.

They're basically saying, you students in law school, what you're learning, all of these systems and structures and institutions are illegitimate. You need to question them and turn them down. I mean, this is a huge disservice to our nation.

Right. I'm optimistic, cautiously optimistic in society writ large. Like Brett Kavanaugh, I live on the sunrise side of the mountain as kind of normal people realize these excesses and what's going on. And there are market forces, after all, in the corporate world. But in academia, it's different. And the left hand doesn't know what the far left hand is doing.