Do Judges “Have an Important Role to Play in Our Society” Beyond Judging?
I have written before here at the blog about why I disagree with judges boycotting particular law schools in an effort to influence law school culture. Over at David Lat’s substack, Judge Lee Rudovsky, who is considering whether to join the Columbia clerk boycott, offers a perspective on the role of judge that is relevant to that discussion and that I think is worth addressing:
Regardless of whether I join or not, I generally (and mournfully) agree that Columbia University has become an incubator of antisemitism and anti-Americanism. And I do think that, at some point, judges must step up to the plate as leaders of the bar to help stop the spread of the virulent Jew hatred that is being normalized on college campuses and elsewhere across the country.
Judges have an important role to play in our society beyond the work we do in the courtroom or in chambers. We have a special responsibility to stand up for the rule of law and to stand against mob violence, especially where such violence echoes an age-old ev
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