Stanford reverses, allows student who mocked Federalist Society to graduate

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Satire is hard. Oh wait, no it isn't.

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Stanford University has announced that it will be allowing law student Nicholas Wallace to graduate later this month after previously saying it would be withholding his diploma while the school investigated his satirical flier aimed at the Federalist Society. 

The university said in a press release Wednesday that it had resolved a complaint filed by the conservative and libertarian legal group and that Wallace would get his diploma as planned at next week’s graduation ceremony. 

The 32-year-old’s future previously seemed uncertain after the Federalist Society filed a complaint with the university in May, accusing Wallace of defaming the group as well as some of its members, including Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). 

In the weeks following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Wallace had prepared a satirical flier for a mock event titled, “The Originalist Case for Inciting Insurrection.”

“Violent insurrection, also known as doing a coup, is a classical system of installing a government,” Wallace wrote in the flier, adding that event attendees would be able to hear directly from Hawley and Paxton. “Although widely believed to conflict in every way with the rule of law, violent insurrection can be an effective approach to upholding the principle of limited government.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/556682-stanford-reverses-allows-student-who-mocked-federalist-society-to

 

 

 

[Dashinka 24,512]

Another lawyer trying and failing to be funny?

[yuna628 9,676]

Oh my.. The Federalists wanting to do cancel culture is interesting.

[Dashinka 24,512]

40 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Oh my.. The Federalists wanting to do cancel culture is interesting.

To be fair, did the complaint request that this student be denied a diploma?

[yuna628 9,676]

1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

To be fair, did the complaint request that this student be denied a diploma?

It would have significantly delayed his degree, his ability to graduate, and would have prevented him from taking his bar exam. If we complain about cancel culture being a thing, why are those who say they advocate free speech for all no matter if it hurts feelings so insistent on stopping it?

Edited June 8, 2021 by yuna628

[Dashinka 24,512]

4 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

It would have significantly delayed his degree, his ability to graduate, and would have prevented him from taking his bar exam. If we complain about cancel culture being a thing, why are those who say they advocate free speech for all no matter if it hurts feelings so insistent on stopping it?

Not really sure this is cancel culture though, if he defamed an organization, they are certainly entitled to file a suit against him.  Now if we are going to eliminate all lawsuits for defamation, then you can possibly say that.

[yuna628 9,676]

6 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Not really sure this is cancel culture though, if he defamed an organization, they are certainly entitled to file a suit against him.  Now if we are going to eliminate all lawsuits for defamation, then you can possibly say that.

He defamed nothing, and if the Federalist Society actually still believed in the things they claim to they would have never raised such an objection to his satire in the first place.