Georgetown law dean calls new hire's comments on Breyer replacement 'appalling'

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The dean of Georgetown University Law Center on Thursday condemned a new faculty member's Twitter posts questioning the qualifications of any Black woman that President Joe Biden may nominate to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

“The tweets' suggestion that the best Supreme Court nominee could not be a Black woman and their use of demeaning language are appalling,” wrote dean Bill Treanor in a message to the law school community about comments posted Wednesday by Ilya Shapiro.

Another tweet said that because Biden has vowed to nominate a Black woman for the court, "his nominee will always have an asterisk attached.” Shapiro has since deleted the messages.

 

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Let’s not take a bad apple here and there and assume the whole country is headed that way.. there is still plenty of decency and good people in this great nation. Only issue is bad apples get all the press, good people and good deeds are not getting any press at all..

EndTigraySiege

And yet the damage is done. Just consider the effect this will have for black law students at Georgetown... The man has exposed himself as at least having racist tendencies and that alone will make it difficult for students of this school.

“I meant no offense, but it was an inartful tweet,” he wrote. I hope your clumsy comments~now deleted~keep you from gaining tenure. Better yet, resign from the position you've not yet started.

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