Georgetown suspends legal scholar who said Biden would name a ‘lesser Black woman’ to the Supreme Court

31 January 2022 by Mike Bond

Georgetown University in 2013.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Georgetown Law says it sent Ilya Shapiro on leave just a day before he was due to go to college. A black rights sorority called for Shapiro’s resignation after he criticized President Biden for committing to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. Shapiro said a university investigation would … Read more

Georgetown law dean blasts tweets by incoming professor Ilya Shapiro about race, gender test for Biden SCOTUS pick

28 January 2022 by Mike Bond

The dean of the Georgetown University Law Center described the tweets of a new faculty member who questioned the qualifications of President Biden’s potential new Supreme Court pick as “appalling.” Ilya Shapiro, who was the head of the conservative think tank Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., begins his new job as executive director and senior … Read more