By Taylor Penley
Published October 12, 2022
Some U.S. federal judges are boycotting future Yale Law graduates for
clerk positions, citing cancel culture concerns.
Trump-appointed U.S. Circuit Judge James Ho spearheaded the boycott at
a Federalist Society conference last month, claiming the institution
"not only tolerates the cancelation of views — it actively practices
it," according to Reuters.
"I don’t want to cancel Yale," Ho told the outlet. "I want Yale to stop canceling people like me."
Ho invited other judges to join his boycott, and the call led Federal
Appeals Court Judge Elizabeth Branch to announce she would join the
effort in an Oct. 7 statement to National Review.
"My friend, Judge Jim Ho, recently raised legitimate concerns about the
lack of free speech on law school campuses, Yale in particular," she
said.
"Like Judge Ho, I am gravely concerned that the stifling of debate not
only is antithetical to this country’s founding principles, but also
stunts intellectual growth. Accordingly, I accept Judge Ho’s invitation
to join him in declining to consider students from Yale Law School for clerkships with me,...
https://www.foxnews.com/media/federal-judges-boycott-yale-law-clerks-cancel-culture-free-speech-issues
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