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NYTimes writer Neil Vigdor wrote an article describing the limbo Stanford law student, Nicholas Wallace, found himself in as a result of his posting of a flier on a listserv:

The satirical flier promoted a discussion about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, featuring Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, and the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton. The title of the mock event: “The Originalist Case for Inciting Insurrection.”

The chapter’s leaders were not amused. They filed a complaint on March 27 with the university, which said in a message to Mr. Wallace that it wasn’t until May 22 that the complainants had asked the administration to pursue the matter.

As a consequence of his alleged “misconduct” he was told that his graduation from the law school was in peril. Here’s the question I have: if there was a law forbidding discussion of “divisive content” at Stanford would Mr. Wallace have had any recourse? As one who wrote satirical piece for our school newspaper in high school and one who was the subject of satirical barbs as a HS Principal and School Superintendent this is not an idle question. There are some administrators out there with skin that is thinner than mine and who are as sensitive to being ridiculed as the Federalist Society.