Chemerinsky re-hired by UC-Irvine.
By on Sep 17th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Chemerinsky re-hired by UC-Irvine.
Last week, controversy erupted when the University of California at Irvine fired the inaugural Dean of its new law school, constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, because his “political views would make him a target for criticism from conservatives.” This morning, Chemerinsky and UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake announced that they had reached an agreement enabling Chemerinsky to return to his previous position.
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So…what are the terms of this “agreement”?
September 17th, 2007 at 2:55 pmPROBABLY….he has to sign the loyalty statement and drinksome sort of koolaide
September 17th, 2007 at 2:58 pmSo…what are the terms of this “agreement�
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Chemerinsky won’t sue Drake into the poor house….. ?
September 17th, 2007 at 2:58 pmLOL
Was there any actual conservative complaints? Or was it just the school thinking there might be?
September 17th, 2007 at 2:59 pmThis fealty crap is out of hand. And it goes to show that this 30% of the population who still support the President and the War, are not toothless squirrel hunters, they hold positions of real power and they’re not timid about wielding it “for the cause”.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:02 pmHmmm… no doubt, there will be more to this.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:02 pmAnd they claim that the Liberals are on a witchunt! This was disgraceful and I’d also love to see what kind of agreement was knocked out for his return. Suing his ass off would have garnered some attention and I hope that Chemerinsky made out like a bandit on this one.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:04 pmComrade Chereminsky had to agree not to implement his plan to force his students to wear quilted outfits or publicly sing the praises of Kim Jong-Il.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:04 pmChemerinsky re-hired by UC-Irvine
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Good.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:06 pmLet the conspiracies begin!
To be considered, all entries must reference Cheney’s weather machine, New Orleans, secret oil pipelines, Halliburton, Texan gulags or a bionic Rovian puppet-master.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:08 pmWas there any actual conservative complaints? Or was it just the school thinking there might be?
Comment by squegeeboo — September 17, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
I heard some kind of rumor somewhere (and I am unable to find anything to confirm it or even help back it up, so I am clearly stating that it IS just a rumor) that some big contributor to the university complained — some conservative who had an ax to grind with Chemerinsky.
If that’s the case, I can see the school dismissing Chemerinsky to appease their gravy train, figuring if they did it quietly it would blow over quickly and the waters would settle as before. They may not have foreseen the publicity this generated, and didn’t like the embarrassment associated with firing Chemerinsky for no good reason.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:08 pm#
Comrade Chereminsky had to agree not to implement his plan to force his students to wear quilted outfits or publicly sing the praises of Kim Jong-Il.
Comment by LibTeenie — September 17, 2007 @ 3:04 pm
What a silly comment.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:11 pmHe better watch what he says or I’ll be a decidering about his statis. If he says one unloyal thing about me…well, fool me once…er ah….then I am foo….no, that’s not it…..I got fooled agai….no……I won’t get fooled. There that’ll show em. Uncie Dick pretty please can I push the Red Iran button now? Crap, when can use the button? Oh, just before the elections, oh yeah, I keep forgetting. Babs get me some pretzels.
Pull my finger….hehe
September 17th, 2007 at 3:12 pmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….huh? Cherem…..who? Oh, wake me when a really interesting thread appears, like one which references all the dems who took money from Hsu.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
September 17th, 2007 at 3:13 pmheres some pretzels mister preznit
September 17th, 2007 at 3:14 pmhaha now the repugs have nothing to hold on to but hsu, lol
September 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pmI’m sorry to hear this, since it seems that Drake won’t be stepping down as chancellor. It sounds to me like a deal was brokered to cover up what really happened, that Drake caved in to Donald Bren, then lied about it to cover it up. At least some of the Regents might have been complicit as well. Drake’s behavior with regard to the whole affair has been shameful. He clearly lied in his LA Times op-ed about not doing it for political reasons. The Regents must be maneuvering to avoid an investigation that could only go very badly for Drake, and perhaps other UC insiders.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pmThanks bobh – yum yum- crunch crunch – akkk- choak – gasp – arrrrggg- akkkk – thud
September 17th, 2007 at 3:19 pmzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Wha….is it a new thread about Hillary’s new-old-new again health care plan to provide everything for everybody all the time?
Still no?
Ok…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
September 17th, 2007 at 3:19 pmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Comment by Chow — September 17, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
Who let the talking dog in?
BTW, yer off-topic. you want to read about Hsu, go to Limbaugh’s website. You’ll be hearing about it nonstop for the next 5 years.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:20 pmComment by ADD Preznut — September 17, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Oh, if only it were that simple… ;P
September 17th, 2007 at 3:26 pmApparently UC Irvine didn’t get the memo that the outright repression won’t start until after the coup.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:28 pmHmm, I wonder who made the greater compromise here. Did the professor compromise that he would sign the loyalty pledge of no dissent, ever. Or did the Dean realize that he was abusing rights granted under the Constitution.
BTW, today IS Constitution day. 120 years ago today that document was signed putting into national law that which was in the Declaration of Independence, as well as establishing the justice and processes in place to guarantee our form of government.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:30 pmToo bad, Bush and Cheney don’t know it, don’t care to know it, and in fact disrespect it.
Cheney has even decided to make an end run around history and keep “no notes” on the vice presidency. Shows you what he thinks about history, and the preservation of the Constitution itself.
BTW, yer off-topic. you want to read about Hsu, go to Limbaugh’s website.
Another ditto-head joins the dark side. Welcome, brother.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:36 pmAnother ditto-head joins the dark side. Welcome, brother.
Comment by Chow — September 17, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
Ummm… gotta say, this makes no sense, other than to you, since you did say it. Care to try again?
September 17th, 2007 at 3:47 pmAnother ditto-head joins the dark side. Welcome, brother.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:54 pmUmmmm… still amused by yer own words? Private joke?
September 17th, 2007 at 3:56 pmAnother ditto-head joins the dark side. Welcome, brother.
Comment by Chow — September 17, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
No thinking allowed in wingnutville, I see. let’s hear you accuse Dems of taking money from a donor again, without the fact that they returned it, unlike the Traitor-In-Chief Bush, who kept all his ChiCom spoils.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:00 pmDont by coy, dont be shy. You are among friends and can admit your ditto-ness.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:01 pmStill no Hsu thread yet….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:12 pm#
Still no Hsu thread yet….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Comment by Chow — September 17, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
Okay. It’s yer own private joke. You apparently find playing w/ yerself to be very amusing. Please, continue… playing w/ yerself.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:32 pmMost likely, under the terms to be reinstated, he had to convert and swear a loyalty oath to Bush.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:53 pmWas there any actual conservative complaints? Or was it just the school thinking there might be? Comment by squegeeboo
Yes, when Erwin criticized AGAG for his ‘American Citizens have no Habeas Corpus’ stance, which was basically against the constitution, Conservatives complained.
Now this is really odd because Erwin is basically taking an old school conservative stance where as AGAG basically isnt.
Sara Taylor said she took the oath to protect the president seriously – but she had to be reminded the oath was to protect the constitution.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:58 pmMost likely, under the terms to be reinstated, he had to convert and swear a loyalty oath to Bush.
Comment by Uncle Ho
I can hear it now, “I swear the constitution is a piece of GD paper, now quit waving it in my face just like George said.”
September 17th, 2007 at 4:59 pmCowards. It’s about time someone stood up to the Rush Limpbaughs on the extreme right and said: “You guys are stupid, and I’m not gonna take it anymore”.
September 17th, 2007 at 6:20 pmThese include heavyweights blogs of the right. Please note that these are full voiced protests of Chemrinsky’s treatment by UC Irvine. Hanson is posted on National Review Online.
Let’s Play Guess Who’s Defending The Liberal
The Chancellor at UC Irvine had offered the deanship of UCI’s brand new law school to Erwin Chemerinsky, then abruptly withdrew the offer. The reason?
Chemerinsky’s political views would make him a target for criticism from conservatives.
But the point here is, well, who’s objecting to this? Here’s a list:
Gay Patriot
Instapundit
Hugh Hewitt
Captain Ed
Victor Davis Hansen
John Leo
Powerline
So what do all of the above have in common? Class? Anybody?
They’re conservatives.
I get the Inside Higher Ed RSS feed every day (I only subject myself to the idiocy printed there if I see something intriguing on the feed), and although there may be some objection there, it hasn’t been in the feeds.
So let me chime in on the issue. This is crap. Drake made the offer, all the way to negotiating the salary and telling Chemerinsky he was hired. Drake had damned well better apologize, and give Chemerinsky the job. I don’t care how nutso-batso left the man is.
http://rightwingnation.com/?p=3911
those eeeevil right wingers
September 17th, 2007 at 8:20 pm