Heidi Li FeldmanAug 11, 2023
U.S. #law schools should discourage students from applying for clerkships with #ClarenceThomas; faculty should refuse to recommend students for those clerkships; firms and other legal employers should refuse to hire people who have chosen to clerk for Thomas starting this year (when the large extent of his corruption became known). To do otherwise is to be complicit with Thomas’s unethical conduct. #LawFedi #LegalEthics #JudicialEthics
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 11, 2023

@heidilifeldman

I have no love for Thomas.. but no just ew no. Working for someone doesnt mean you should be an outcast for life... no lets stop with this petty nonsense. Focus on Thomas if you want to boycott someone.

Show threadOpenDNA⚙️

@freemo @heidilifeldman Honestly? Knowing what we know now? Yeah, it should. It's like those who joined the Trump White House: literally everyone in the field knew it was a career-ender so only the stupid, corrupt, or morally bankrupt signed up. Republicans of intelligence or integrity blocked the transition team's phone number.

It's not like someone can hope to learn anything about jurisprudence from the man. It's clearly nothing more than an internship in partisan corruption.

Aug 11, 2023 at 2:09pmWeb
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 11, 2023

@opendna

I hve no problem with you judging politicians by whatever standards you want.. but working people being denied jobs because of politicial associations.. absolutely not, disgusting.

@heidilifeldman

Show threadcui bono, baby.Aug 11, 2023
@freemo really? So you think KKK members should be hired at the Civil Rights division of the Department of Justice?
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 11, 2023
@cuibonobaby How in the world did you get that from what I just said? Being in the KKK is not a political association.
Show threadcui bono, baby.Aug 11, 2023
@freemo Of course it's a political association.
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 11, 2023
@cuibonobaby No, how is being in the KKK and an assocition with a political figure? It is an organization, not a person, it isnt a political party nor contain any politicians.
Show threadcui bono, baby.Aug 12, 2023
@freemo What difference does it make whether the association is with an individual or an organization? If you think the KKK doesn't contain any politicians you don't know much about the history of the KKK.
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 12, 2023
@cuibonobaby I never said the issue was organization vs individual.. they arent a political party, they arent a political individual. They are neither. What they are is an organization whose purpose it is to harass minorities.
Show threadAaron MoshiashwiliAug 12, 2023

@freemo @opendna @heidilifeldman so in your mind, hyperconnected lawyers who will get a half million dollar bonus just for that line on their resume are "working people"

And "don't work for obviously corrupt people" is "punish people for their political associations" in your mind. I guess you're saying that you automatically associate corruption with Thomas's political party?

Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 12, 2023

@amoshiashwili

They arent people who are working? The what now?

also no, I addressed your second point already. If they had inside information about corruption, then yes, you should hold them accountable. Now if your expecting them to act on corruption becoming publicly known, there is a formal system in place to investigate those claims and act on them. It is not an employees responsiblity to determine their bosses innocence or guilt, or to hold him accountable for it.

@opendna @heidilifeldman

Show threadAaron MoshiashwiliAug 12, 2023

@freemo @opendna @heidilifeldman WOW. That's just... Wow.

"Tell me you've never worked in a competently managed professional workplace without saying..."

Show threadOpenDNA⚙️Aug 12, 2023

@freemo @heidilifeldman You're telling me that it is wrong to judge a candidate's moral integrity, for positions which require exceptional trust and professional ethics, and that it is wrong for people who suffer genuine persecution to refuse to associate with the people who spend their days making that persecution possible.

Thomas is both single most notorious example of public corruption in office today in America. His clerks are unfit for the profession. They can be carpenters or line cooks.

Show threadOpenDNA⚙️Aug 12, 2023

@freemo @heidilifeldman For every Thomas clerk employed in law, there are thousands of more ethical young attorneys who will not find employment in the field.

What you are arguing for is rewarding corruption above integrity, nepotism above merit, and the politics of bigotry above tolerance.

Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 12, 2023
@opendna @[email protected] thats not what im arguing for.
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Aug 12, 2023

@opendna @heidilifeldman

No that is not what im saying.