[PLK]

The University of Iowa is, like so many large colleges, a bastion of leftism. This doesn't surprise me one bit. What's amazing is this even got in the papers at all!

[SandRat]

silly rabbit.. don't you know.. unless you tow the party line (Uberliberal), you can't work for

[Islander7]

"The faculty who opposed her, in my judgment, did not oppose her because of her political beliefs but because they didn't think she'd do a good job delivering to law students the traits we wanted them to have."

DUH! The fool just admitted it. "She would not indoctrinate them the way we want it done."

[Arguendo]

Liberalism is so engrained in academia that for it not to result in discriminatory hiring practices, the dean probably needs to make a conscious effort to hire conservatives. This doesn’t mean hiring underqualified conservatives, but in the absence of such an effort the dean will inevitably be able to come up with “good” reasons to choose the liberal over the conservative whenever there’s a choice.

Luckily some law schools actually make this effort; many (including, I’m guessing, Iowa) don’t.

[Zeppo]

"Based on what we know from reporters, we believe it is without merit, and we will vigorously defend ourselves," UI spokesman Steve Parrott said.

Steve Parrott - what a great name for a 'spokesman', huh...