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  •  Why am I not surprised? (none / 1)

    Call me simplistic, but my only response is this:

    What else do you expect from a University of Chicago Law School faculty member?

    Fuck.  Of the top law schools in the nation, U of Chicago is the most notoriously right-wing of them all.

    It seems to me that just like Scalia before him, for all of their appeal to these abstract notions of strict constructionism and the like that supposedly rationalize their right-wing tendancies, when all is said and done, they are just plain old right wingers and fascists.

    Intellectual integrity is the last thing I look for in these types.

    •  most right-wing law schools (none / 0)

      It is probably a toss up between U of C and pepperdine.

      fact does not require fiction for balance

      by mollyd on Tue Dec 27, 2005 at 08:49:01 AM PDT

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      •  Yeah, but Pepperdine is not (none / 0)

        considered a top law school.

        In fact, it isn't even usually considered a top 20 law school.

        I'll admit, that there are probably other law schools just as right wing as University of Chicago.  But I doubt that any of these schools are of the same stature as, say, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, U Va, UC Berkley, NYU, etc.

        In this rarified company, University of Chicago is the exception.

      •  UVA, not Chicago (none / 0)

        Chicago has a conservative rep, but the University of Virginia is the most conservative top law school by far.  UVA is about 50/50 conservative/liberal, which is incredible for a law school.  I'm not aware of the exact numbers on Chicago, but from what I've heard it's more in line with the rest of law schools.

        My personal experience so far has shown this as well at UVA - of the four major classes I took in my first semester (finally done!), two had Federalist Society members for professors, and the other two were widely known conservatives in other ways.

        Not that I'm complaining, having brilliant people who challenge your views is what law school is all about.  Additionally, of the four professors, only one or two I'd be able to pick out as a conservative based solely on their classroom performance.  Partly because it's hard to put an ideological slant on Civil Procedure, and partly because a good conservative professor is the same as a good liberal one - coming out of their class you shouldn't know where they stand.

    •  Dear SpermDonor (none / 1)

      As a 1997 graduate of The University of Chicago Law School (and if you don't capitalize The, you suck), I've got to disagree.  From Sunstein to Geoff Stone to Al Alschuler to David Strauss and, oh yeah, that Obama guy (as well as the dearly departed-to-elsewhere Mary Becker and Steve Schulhofer), I had the privilege of learning from some of the top liberal legal academics in the world at Chicago.  And conservatives like Epstein and McConnell.
    •  What Else Do I Expect? (none / 0)

      As a graduate of The Law School (Class of '79), I expect clear thinking and a logical presentation.  

      Sadly, Professor Sunstein failed on both counts.  My own view is that Professor Sunstein is spreading himself too thin.

    •  Sunstein (none / 0)

      is hardly "right-wing", which makes his statements even more problematic.

      Not to mention that he is, by far, the most cited law professor in the United States (and probably the world). So for him to make the arguments he makes is both surprising and disappointing.

      Democrats will fight for a Renewed Deal with the American people.

      by Hoyapaul on Tue Dec 27, 2005 at 09:08:41 AM PDT

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