Columbia Law Students Throw Fit Because Classmates Met With Brett Kavanaugh

Several students at Columbia Law School are angry that some of their colleagues met with Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, which signifies the latest case of American law school students attempting to suppress conservative ideas and speakers.

On February 23, students from the New York City law school’s Federalist Society chapter had traveled to Washington, D.C to meet with Justice Kavanaugh. A photo posted on the school’s Instagram shows the students with the judge, who discussed “the human side of being a justice” and “how to be an effective advocate,” according to the post. Students were agitated in the comments, calling for Columbia to “do better” and describing the meeting as “incredibly humiliating.”

This episode provides further proof of law school campuses swaying leftward and away from free speech. Earlier this month, Stanford University law students and the school’s diversity dean shouted down Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge Kyle Duncan. Students later protested the school’s apology for Duncan’s botched speech.

Columbia students and graduates had a similar reaction to the Instagram post. “As an alumnus, this is shameful and unnecessary on so many levels,” one commenter wrote.

Several posters noted that the photo was uploaded during Women’s History Month. “Why is this still up??? I’m embarrassed to be associated with you,” another user said.

Student groups including the Black Law Students Association of Columbia and the abortion rights organization If/When/How wrote letters demanding that the post be taken down, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Black Law Students Association stated that it would not support Columbia’s efforts to recruit black students because “the Columbia Law School administration may be comfortable wallowing in ‘apoliticism’ and neutrality, but we are not.”

Law schools are following the lead of undergraduate universities, which have frequently witnessed violence and chaos during conservative events and speeches. Students at George Mason University protested the school’s choice of Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R.) for commencement speaker, citing his conservative policies.