Stanford law student who made fun of the federalist able to graduate after all

Re:Stanford law student who made fun of the federalist able ... by BitwiseFool on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:23AM (#27381794)

Perhaps, but I'm looking at this with a Machiavellian/Realpolitik lens. If you go after people who criticize you, even if those people are perfectly allowed to do so, you create a chilling effect and you signal that your organization has power and needs to be treated with care.

Sure, it's perfectly legal to exercise your free speech rights, but dragging someone through the mud dissuades many people from making criticisms.

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Re:Stanford law student who made fun of the federalist able ... by Jcowell on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:45AM (#27383094)

This seems like a good method if you actually had the power to fully follow through and incredibly naive If it fails: it’s like if a king were to go against the church without even having the people or nobles on their side.

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Re:Stanford law student who made fun of the federalist able ... by BitwiseFool on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:16PM (#27383562)

I feel like an organization of lawyers can easily pony-up the resources for lawsuits designed to intimidate critics.

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