Ilya Shapiro
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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.
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.
There are 0.05% non-progressive professors. That's why I was so threatening that I was going to be joining the Georgetown faculty. I would have increased the number of non-progressives from two to three out of 150. And that's why we need external forces, exogenous shocks.
There are 0.05% non-progressive professors. That's why I was so threatening that I was going to be joining the Georgetown faculty. I would have increased the number of non-progressives from two to three out of 150. And that's why we need external forces, exogenous shocks.
There are 0.05% non-progressive professors. That's why I was so threatening that I was going to be joining the Georgetown faculty. I would have increased the number of non-progressives from two to three out of 150. And that's why we need external forces, exogenous shocks.
employers, state legislatures abolishing these bureaucracies in state schools, trustees and donors, as we've seen since October 7th in the disastrous testimony of the university presidents, putting pressure on these schools saying, look, you're going to get you are getting big black eyes for your handling of these things, for not enforcing your own rules.
employers, state legislatures abolishing these bureaucracies in state schools, trustees and donors, as we've seen since October 7th in the disastrous testimony of the university presidents, putting pressure on these schools saying, look, you're going to get you are getting big black eyes for your handling of these things, for not enforcing your own rules.
employers, state legislatures abolishing these bureaucracies in state schools, trustees and donors, as we've seen since October 7th in the disastrous testimony of the university presidents, putting pressure on these schools saying, look, you're going to get you are getting big black eyes for your handling of these things, for not enforcing your own rules.
Because I tell you what, Megan, this is not rocket science. we don't need higher education institutions don't need to go out and theorize a whole new way of how to deal with disruption or what is the meaning of free speech or how to promote open inquiry civil discourse that you know this is all established It's a failure of will. It's a failure of not enforcing your own policies.
Because I tell you what, Megan, this is not rocket science. we don't need higher education institutions don't need to go out and theorize a whole new way of how to deal with disruption or what is the meaning of free speech or how to promote open inquiry civil discourse that you know this is all established It's a failure of will. It's a failure of not enforcing your own policies.
Because I tell you what, Megan, this is not rocket science. we don't need higher education institutions don't need to go out and theorize a whole new way of how to deal with disruption or what is the meaning of free speech or how to promote open inquiry civil discourse that you know this is all established It's a failure of will. It's a failure of not enforcing your own policies.
So we're very much in the eye of the storm with respect to higher ed generally and law schools specifically. And it goes even to the accreditor. There's a monopoly on law school accreditation by the American Bar Association, which I hope is something that the Trump Department of Education changes. But the ABA puts in all sorts of nefarious rules that even
So we're very much in the eye of the storm with respect to higher ed generally and law schools specifically. And it goes even to the accreditor. There's a monopoly on law school accreditation by the American Bar Association, which I hope is something that the Trump Department of Education changes. But the ABA puts in all sorts of nefarious rules that even
So we're very much in the eye of the storm with respect to higher ed generally and law schools specifically. And it goes even to the accreditor. There's a monopoly on law school accreditation by the American Bar Association, which I hope is something that the Trump Department of Education changes. But the ABA puts in all sorts of nefarious rules that even
Those deans that want to reform find it hard to do so sometimes. So a lot of challenges there. And regardless of the green shoots and the pushback that we're seeing in society writ large, which we have to keep going, even if we've passed peak woke, we can't keep our foot, take our foot off the gas.
Those deans that want to reform find it hard to do so sometimes. So a lot of challenges there. And regardless of the green shoots and the pushback that we're seeing in society writ large, which we have to keep going, even if we've passed peak woke, we can't keep our foot, take our foot off the gas.
Those deans that want to reform find it hard to do so sometimes. So a lot of challenges there. And regardless of the green shoots and the pushback that we're seeing in society writ large, which we have to keep going, even if we've passed peak woke, we can't keep our foot, take our foot off the gas.
But in educational institutions and especially in law schools or medical schools where these things are a life and literally a life and death situation, we need to pursue all of the above kind of strategies.
But in educational institutions and especially in law schools or medical schools where these things are a life and literally a life and death situation, we need to pursue all of the above kind of strategies.
But in educational institutions and especially in law schools or medical schools where these things are a life and literally a life and death situation, we need to pursue all of the above kind of strategies.