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Controversy continues over YLS protest and police presence - Yale Daily News
Last edited Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:06 PM - Edit history (2)
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. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/15/yale-law-students-protest-anti-lgbtq-speaker-armed-police-presence-triggers-backlash/
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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.
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UNIVERSITY | Tensions remain between two narratives of a March 10 student protest with armed police presence at Yale Law School in response to a Federalist Society event that hosted conservative speaker Kristen Waggoner.
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Controversy continues over YLS protest and police presence - Yale Daily News
Tensions remain between two narratives of a March 10 student protest with armed police presence at Yale Law School in response to a Federalist Society […]
Tensions remain between two narratives of a March 10 student protest with armed police presence at Yale Law School in response to a Federalist Society […]
Controversy continues over YLS protest and police presence
The disagreement hinges on whether the protesters disrupted the event in violation of the University's free speech policies.
EDA AKER 10:25 AM, MAR 17, 2022
STAFF REPORTER
Yale Daily News
Tensions remain between two narratives of a March 10 student protest with armed police presence at Yale Law School in response to a Federalist Society event that hosted conservative speaker Kristen Waggoner.
Waggoner was invited alongside Monica Miller, an associate at the American Humanist Association, to discuss their role in the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of first amendment rights, Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski. Both lawyers took the same side, with Waggoner arguing the case before the Court and Miller filing amicus briefs. But Waggoner’s role as general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group, drew criticism and protest from law students.
Waggoner and the student head of the Federalist Society have said they found the protesters disruptive and inappropriate, while the protesters said they abided by all University policies and did not shut down the event. The protesters have further taken issue with the presence of Yale Police officers at the event, including two in plain clothes.
Since the event, Laurence Silberman, a circuit judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. Circuit, reportedly sent an email to all Article III judges in the United States recommending that all federal judges “carefully consider” whether the Yale Law students who participated in the protest should be “disqualified for potential clerkships.” Silberman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The disagreement hinges on whether the protesters disrupted the event in violation of the University's free speech policies.
EDA AKER 10:25 AM, MAR 17, 2022
STAFF REPORTER
Yale Daily News
Tensions remain between two narratives of a March 10 student protest with armed police presence at Yale Law School in response to a Federalist Society event that hosted conservative speaker Kristen Waggoner.
Waggoner was invited alongside Monica Miller, an associate at the American Humanist Association, to discuss their role in the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of first amendment rights, Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski. Both lawyers took the same side, with Waggoner arguing the case before the Court and Miller filing amicus briefs. But Waggoner’s role as general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group, drew criticism and protest from law students.
Waggoner and the student head of the Federalist Society have said they found the protesters disruptive and inappropriate, while the protesters said they abided by all University policies and did not shut down the event. The protesters have further taken issue with the presence of Yale Police officers at the event, including two in plain clothes.
Since the event, Laurence Silberman, a circuit judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. Circuit, reportedly sent an email to all Article III judges in the United States recommending that all federal judges “carefully consider” whether the Yale Law students who participated in the protest should be “disqualified for potential clerkships.” Silberman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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