George Washington University Rejects Student Petition to Fire Justice Clarence Thomas as Law Professor

PJ Media ^ | 07/02/2022 | Robert Spencer

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You might think that students at any university would be thrilled to have a Supreme Court Justice — any Supreme Court Justice — on board as an adjunct law professor, and maybe that would be true in a sane world, but while America in 2022 can be called many things, “sane” is not high on the list.

A petition to administrators at George Washington University to fire Justice Clarence Thomas from its law faculty has received over 9,000 signatures, but in a move that is decidedly at odds with campus culture today, the university has adamantly refused to fire Thomas and even defended “the robust exchange of ideas.” Sunspots? Or has university fascism reached its high-water mark and is now beginning to recede?

Thomas is currently an adjunct professor of law at GWU and teaches a seminar on Constitutional law. He will apparently continue to do so for now, for on Tuesday, GWU Provost Christopher Bracey and Georgetown Law School Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew stated that “because we steadfastly support the robust exchange of ideas and deliberation [you do?], and because debate is an essential part of our university’s academic and educational mission [it is?] to train future leaders who are prepared to address the world’s most urgent problems, the university will neither terminate Justice Thomas’ employment nor cancel his class in response to his legal opinions.”

This statement came in response to the claim that Thomas, who is 74 years old, was “making life unsafe for thousands of students.” One might almost get the impression that he was a gang leader or drug dealer, but students would probably be more welcoming of both on the GWU campus. The students’ anti-Thomas petition reads:

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Here's the text of the petition:

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With the recent Supreme Court decision that has stripped the right to bodily autonomy of people with wombs, and with his explicit intention to further strip the rights of queer people and remove the ability for people to practice safe sex without fear of pregnancy, it is evident that the employment of Clarence Thomas at George Washington University is completely unacceptable. While also factoring in his wife’s part in the attempted coup in January of 2021, Judge Thomas is actively making life unsafe for thousands of students on our campus (not to mention thousands of campuses across the country). Make your voice heard and help us kick Clarence Thomas out of Foggy Bottom.

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“People with wombs.” If only there were a handy, all-purpose single word for such people! In any case, the claim that Thomas was making students “unsafe” was yet another appearance of the Leftist equation of conservative speech with violence. Those who have differing opinions must be silenced, in the view of these miseducated fascists, because if they aren’t, people will die. They don’t seem ever to notice the fact that the Left is responsible for virtually all the political violence we see in America today.

[goodnesswins]

All these signers should be ejected from the university for STUPIDITY.

[ridesthemiles]

The 20 +++ YEARS of PARTICIPATION TROPHIES which never required ANY effort-—skills-—merit-—or other results has resulted in this kind of attitude.

I would NOT even think of hiring a single one of the persons who signed such a petition. EVER !!!!!

Not even to open my ranch gates in the AM & close them in the PM. NEVER !!!

[Paleo Conservative]

I’m shocked! Does that mean there are some adults in charge?

[Iron Munro]

Any racist students radicalized to the point they would sign such a petition should be summarily dismissed from the university.

They have made it apparent that 12 plus years of schooling has been wasted on them and that at this point they are uneducable.

[Honorary Serb]

Once again, leftists prove that they don’t want to learn ANYTHING!!!!

Nor do they want to consider the rights of the HUMAN BEING in the womb, or the rights of states to regulate such practices as abortion without unconstitutional interference by the Federal government!!!!

What kinds of lawyers would leftist graduated of places like Georgetown (or Harvard, Yale, etc.) make? IMHO, very deficient lawyers!!!!

[Savage Beast]

That's 9,000 morons?

Uh...how low could the admission standards possibly be at George Washington University Law School???

[Iron Munro]

Does the SCOTUS decision mean that Washington University WOKE bio-male students who are
pregnant and/or menstruating and lactating will not be able to get abortions if they want one?

[Iron Munro]

Just think.....

Odds are that some of the law students who signed the petition will someday go on to be powerful government bureaucrats and elected officials and judges at the state and federal levels.

[Salty Longshanks]

This is obviously good news, but aren’t they currently, at the same time, removing any, and all monuments to ol’ George himself? I’m quite confident I heard/saw a “blurb” about that earlier this week.

[scrabblehack]

They’re not going to call their sports teams the Colonials any longer.

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RE: but aren’t they currently, at the same time, removing any, and all monuments to ol’ George himself?

Why not just rename the school to GFU ( George Floyd University) and be consistent?

Same with Yale. I keep hearing complaints from students that the original patron of that Ive League scho engaged in the slave trade.

[scrabblehack]

Only 1646 students in the Law School.
Possibly undergraduates (11k) or graduates (15k minus the aforementioned 1646) or fake signatures.

[NWFree]

They can’t stand to have a black conservative justice 🤪

[NWFree]

Libtards want Clarence to use the black only water fountain 🤪