Chemerinsky loses offer at UC-Irvine
Deanship rescinded due to political views
By: Shreya Rao
Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: News
Last update: 9/13/07 at 6:24 AM EST
Last update: 9/13/07 at 6:24 AM EST
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Chemerinsky, however, said UC-Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake told him in a meeting Tuesday that the contract was off because he is "too politically controversial."
Chemerinsky-a nationally renowned professor of constitutional law and civil procedure-said he was offered the position Aug. 16.
"I'm sad because it would have been an exciting opportunity," Chemerinsky said. "Academic freedom should include people of all political views."
He added that he was aware that after signing, he still would have to be approved by the UC Regents, a 26-member governing board for the UC system.
"All of us at Duke are fortunate to have [him] as a member of our faculty," David Levi, dean of the School of Law, wrote in an e-mail to the law-school community Wednesday to offer support.
Chemerinsky added that he is not considering any other positions.
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Carl Langley
posted 9/13/07 @ 8:33 AM EST
Well, there goes Duke's chance to take another step in the decontamination of liberal loons from teaching staffs that are poisoning the minds of young. (Continued…)
Anonymous
posted 9/13/07 @ 11:32 AM EST
Sadly, one cannot blame Professor Chemerinsky for wanting to get out of a university that has been turned into an academic laughing-stock by the antics of the 88 clowns -- a university which, among other things, allows Karla Holloway to bill herself as "Professor of Law" although she has no qualifications in that field and has actually shown herself to be contemptuous of constitutional rights and ignorant of basic criminal procedure. (Continued…)
duke alum in california
posted 9/13/07 @ 11:47 AM EST
Another example of why the University of California system needs to wean itself from private money. It is supposed to be a PUBLIC institution, serving the public good. (Continued…)
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