Incidentally, Judge Laurence Silberman just sent this email to the listservs for all Article III judges in the United States. 
https://twitter.com/n1n2w3/status/1503894386383503363
Confirmed by multiple sources who saw the email fyi.
I know we had a big conversation on here about the propriety of complaining to someone’s prospective employer about their free expression of unpopular views, so I’m sure Silberman’s email will be condemned across the aisle.
I know we had a big conversation on here about the propriety of complaining to someone’s prospective employer about their free expression of unpopular views, so I’m sure Silberman’s email will be condemned across the aisle.
Judge John Walker, a Reagan/GHWB nominee on the 2nd Circuit, responded to Silberman: "Thank you for your email. I couldn't agree more."
Judge Donald Graham, another GHWB nominee who serves on a district court in Florida, responded: "Shouldn't there be a finding that a student acted inappropriately at least by the institution of higher learning. I don't intend to get into the fact finding process."
From Judge Andrew Gordon, an Obama nominee on the district court in Nevada:
“Please do not hit ‘reply all.’ It's very distracting to receive all these comments when I'm trying to get my work done. And it clogs up my email inbox.”
“Please do not hit ‘reply all.’ It's very distracting to receive all these comments when I'm trying to get my work done. And it clogs up my email inbox.”
There's mixed reporting about what, exactly, happened at YLS. The Yale Daily News suggests that the protest occurred at the start of the event but did not meaningfully interrupt it. After the walkout at the beginning, the ADF attorney spoke uninterrupted. yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/1…
The Washington Free Beacon article complains that students protested in the hallway during the event, which irked those attending, but it does not say that anyone's speech was actually silenced. The video also confirms parts of the Yale Daily News report. freebeacon.com/campus/hundred…
From reports, video, and firsthand accounts, my read is that the protesters interrupted the event at the very beginning—before the ADF attorney started speaking—then either walked out (and protested in the hall) or held signs (without speaking) for the duration of the event.
At a minimum, I think it is safe to say that YLS' decision to station two plainclothes officers in the room, then call in four armed officers to respond to the protest, was an overreaction.
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