[Michael.SF.]

Conservatives were the first and loudest to call BS on this firing.

So some conservatives were fair minded and supported him, while others felt his inability to leave politics out of the class room was inappropriate for a dean?

Is that correct?

Do you have a link that presents the case for conservatives to support Chemerinsky?

[vbmoneyspender]

Here is what the Dean of Boalt Hall said on the subject:

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Drake drew support from Christopher Edley, dean of the Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley, whom Drake consulted on the decision to let Chemerinsky go.

"It appeared to me that Michael was willing to go forward in the face of opposition but for the fact that he lost confidence in Erwin's willingness to subordinate his autonomy and personal profile for the good of the institution," Edley said.

Edley, who worked in the Clinton administration, said it was nothing that he had not been called to do himself.

"I was questioned explicitly by people who feared I would turn the deanship into a platform for my own ideological commitments," he said. "But it was clear to me then, and it's clear to me now, that the job requires something else."

[elizabetty]

Do you have a link that presents the case for conservatives to support Chemerinsky?

The Conservative case is simple, the man's politics should have no bearing on his employment unless it will interfere with him carrying out his duties.

Check out Hugh Hewitt, he has a few posts and some links.

[TChad]

Do you have a link that presents the case for conservatives to support Chemerinsky?

David Horowitz at FrontPage
Scott Johnson at PowerLine
Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, multiple current posts
Steve Bainbridge at professorbainbridge.com
Eugene Volokh at volokhconspiracy
Victor Davis Hanson at The Corner (National Review)

and more.