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14 Sep, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Gotta be kidding. We hear this tale of denial all too often. With attitudes like this we’ll never fix our Country’s problems. Image
Instead of whining about me, this blogger should identify the "many" law professors who think racism wasn't involved in the killing of George Floyd. The "many" law professors who think thousands of Black Americans protested for no reason? A near empty set.
leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2021/09…
I will not remain silent about injustice, and I will confront anyone who tries to intimidate others into remaining silent. Germany learned this in the 1930's. We are learning it now. Silence kills.
This is what a real law school dean does. No cowardice. No fear of dissent. Just step to the plate ...
law.umn.edu/news/2020-06-0…
After George Floyd's murder deans of @UofMNLawSchool and @HHHSchool, Governor @Tim_Walz, former Governor @GovArne, @TinaSmithMN, @amyklobuchar, and other Minnesota leaders spoke out against racism. We will not be silenced. We can and must make this right.
minnpost.com/community-voic…

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16 Sep
This complaint is stupid.
Members of Congress, White House staff and other officials are invited to many social gatherings free of charge. I signed off on many such "widely attended gatherings" as the White House ethics lawyer. @AOC did nothing unethical.
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In 24 hours I've seen an obsessed Marxist blogger circulate an article saying @AOC and other Met Gala guests were "behaving badly", @TuckerCarlson make unspeakable comments about her dress, and now an ethics complaint because she agreed to go. Can these idiots just let her alone?
What a load of bull. A man who wasn't invited thinks @AOC and others invited to a fancy party are "behaving badly."
Whatever.....
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14 Sep
"One of the more popular sex education textbooks listed '8 Steps to Protect Yourself From STDs, none of which involved using a condom. Instead, one was 'Get plenty of rest.'”
Welcome to Texas!
nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opi…
Texas lawyers are surely dusting off this old argument that Roe v. Wade caused STD's. Huh?!
Some people don't get the difference between correlation (people in liberal states perhaps had more sex in the early 1970's) and causation. But facts don't matter.
scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_schola…
More free wheeling sexual practices ("free love" as they said in the 60's) spread quickly throughout the County by the mid 1970's for reasons having nothing to do with Roe v. Wade. But again facts don't matter.
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14 Sep
If every time a student of color reports harassment on campus, right wing media and irresponsible bloggers call it "fake news" we will never address racism. Sometimes there is a finding of bias, sometimes not, but these incidents are real. And serious.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2021/02/f…
Balanced reporting from the NYT on the Smith College incident here. Smith cares about racism and is doing something about this very real problem (not "fake news") even if no employee culpability was found in this particular instance.
nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/…
We had such an incident at Minnesota too. Rather than calling it "fake news", our University Administration dealt with it. Racism is wrong. Denying racism is also wrong.
mprnews.org/story/2021/03/…
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13 Sep
Americans are sick and tired of stock jobbing members of Congress.
They either cut it out or we'll have to vote them out!

Anti-Cannabis Republican May Be Largest Holder of Cannabis Stocks in Congress ganjapreneur.com/?p=165617 via @ganjapreneur
@ganjapreneur Members of Congress must divest from individual stocks affected by their official duties. Voters are tired of insider trading (a crime) and conflicts of interest (a crime for every federal official but Members of Congress). My op-ed with Donna Nagy here:
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-a…
Prof. Donna Nagy and I wrote this letter to Congressional leadership requesting a ban on Members of Congress trading in individual stocks. No response. Bills imposing such a ban introduced by @ewarren and @AngieCraigMN have not received a vote.
Corrupt.
law.indiana.edu/publications/f…
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13 Sep
This is not the first time this has happened after I called out racially offensive Tweets and blog posts. First they block me and then they Tweet out something like this. Image
This is a concise and specific statement from over 600 philosophers about abusive conduct on line.
sites.google.com/site/september…
This letter is linked to in the following article in the NYT. Apparently someone put the $%^& in a package and mailed it!
nytimes.com/2016/10/08/boo…
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10 Sep
This guy is a joke. According to his own resignation letter he was inviting "Flat-Earthers .... and global climate skeptics" as guest lecturers for his classes. All on the taxpayer dime?
Of course the usual wing nut are coming to his defense.
foxnews.com/us/portland-pr… #FoxNews
The chorus of supporters for this Fox News poster boy includes this blogger who just last month was Tweeting incessantly that racism was not involved in the killing of George Floyd and defending his blog post calling Nikole Hannah Jones an "imbecile."
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2021/09/p…
And more on how Nikole Hannah-Jones is an "imbecile" because she dares talk about race in the 1619 Project. Guys like this are the champions of "academic freedom"?
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2019/12/t…
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