Stanford was right to apologize. This is an embarrassment to the institution. Denounce the speaker online or shun the Federalists who invited the speaker or protest outside the venue. But preventing the speaker from speaking and the attendees from listening? That's totalitarian shitbirdery and ought to make law students unemployable.
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/03/12/president-law-school-dean-apologize-to-judge-kyle-duncan-for-disruption-to-his-speech/
President, law school dean apologize to Judge Kyle Duncan for ‘disruption’ to his speech
In a letter co-signed by President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and SLS Dean Jenny Martinez, the University apologized to Duncan for the “disruption” to his Thursday speech at the Law School, calling the incident “inconsistent with [the University’s] policies on free speech.”
(It's worth remembering, before the Stanford Federalists pose as free speech martyrs TOO much, that they reported and tried to derail the graduation of a student who made a satirical flier about one of their events.)
It would also be wrong to view the judge as a victim rather than a provocateur and asshole.
One of the key lessons of American civic life is that there doesn't have to be a good guy in the story.
https://davidlat.substack.com/p/yale-law-is-no-longer-1for-free-speech
Yale Law Is No Longer #1—For Free-Speech Debacles
Note the UPDATES: Stanford’s president and law dean have apologized to Judge Duncan.
Ken White
John Minnihan