Academics Get a Dose of [Chief Justice John] Roberts' Medicine

Townhall.com ^ | 03/08/2006 | George F. Will

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

WASHINGTON -- The institutional vanity and intellectual slovenliness of America's campus-based intelligentsia have made academia more peripheral to civic life than at any time since the 19th century. On Monday, its place at the periphery was underscored as the Supreme Court unanimously gave short shrift to some law professors who insisted that their First Amendment rights to free speech and association were violated by the law requiring that military recruiters be allowed to speak to the professors' students if the professors' schools receive federal money.

[Caipirabob]

BUMP! Thanks for the post.

[Lurker]

"Surely students have not lost that ability by the time they get to law school."

I wouldn't bet on that.

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[Past Your Eyes]

It's about time the nattering nabobs got slapped down.

[Ninian Dryhope]

I don't think much of George Will, but he nailed this one. The leftists on campus are a bunch of oddballs and they are not to be taken seriously. They are only good for a laugh. They have made their bed, let them lie in it.

[Tarkin]

"Students at Harvard Law School intent on learning the law, as opposed to the political belief system of the Democratic Party, would be well advised to take some sort of legal correspondence course." (from Ann Coulter: "My court is bigger than your court, December 13, 2000)

And in order to follow the rules:

[G.Mason]

Excellent.

I love a parade. ;)

[gakrak]

Thanks for the post. This really,really made my day. It's about time we had Adults on the SCOTUS. Amen.

[AmericanChef]

-They said they are compelled to communicate the false message that they support the ``don't ask, don't tell" policy, and their hosting also subsidizes the military's expression of its view that openly gay persons are not suited for service.-

Heh-heh. Pucker up if you want to feed at the trough, boys!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

They don't like the USA but they'll take Uncle Sam's money. They have to be idiots not to see the hypocracy...oh, wait.

[sphinx]

Suppose, Roberts wrote, an individual announced that he intended to express disapproval of the Internal Revenue Service by refusing to pay taxes....

Hmm. With all due respect to Justice Roberts, I may have to rethink my position on this ....

[glorgau]

It's a lack of vision on Robert's part - he can't seem to see the penumbras. ;-)

[Mr. Brightside]

Good read.


Great post.

[PzLdr]

As I posted elsewhere, liberals will pick self preservation over principle EVERY TIME.

[PzLdr]

But can he feel the emanations?

[mewzilla]

They don't like the USA but they'll take Uncle Sam's money.

So much for prinicple, eh?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Thirty-six law schools and faculties challenged the constitutionality of the law on the ground that “forced hosting” of military recruiters constitutes a “crisis of conscience” over compelled speech.

What compels them not to submit their resignations???

[Carry_Okie]

What is especially disturbing is that thirty-six law schools are so enamored with their entitlement to twist the Constitution at will as to publicly flout it at risk of appearing ignorant of the lawful enumerated powers of the Federal government.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Not if you believe in the Rule of Law.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

What is especially disturbing is that thirty-six law schools are so enamored with their entitlement to twist the Constitution at will as to publicly flout it at risk of appearing ignorant of the lawful enumerated powers of the Federal government.

I have an idea. Congress should bring back the draft - - and put these campus faculty at the top of the list since they think the answer to terrorism is education for the Islamists...

It might clear out your neighborhood a bit. : ^)

It would be especially great for Angela Davis to test her social theories and for those who study it!

[Carry_Okie]

I have a better idea. New colleges should form offering degrees to students who could pick and choose from among online courses by any professor, anywhere. Exams could be held in store-front rental spaces in strip malls. Grade papers with huge penalties for fraud. It would take 90% out of the cost of a university degree.

End the univeristy monopoly.

[opocno]

Doesn't the Open University in the U.K. do something like that?

[Carry_Okie]

OU is close. What I was envisioning required more broadband interaction, but they're on their way.

We could end up in a world with only a dozen or so universities. That's the scary part.