Cornell Law Professor Under Fire Over BLM

We have had to report a lot of ugliness coming out of Cornell University the last few years, mostly due to anti-Semitism on campus courtesy of the pro-Palestinian forces on campus.

One of the few bright spots on campus is Law School Professor William Jacobson, a conservative who is not afraid to go against the leftist grain. He runs a blog called Legal Resurrection, which is linked on this site.

Now with the nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd, Professor Jacobson has rightly criticized the rioting on the part of Black Lives Matter and Antifa. That has drawn the ire of the campus crazies and many of Jacobson academic colleagues. Below is Professor Jacobson's article describing the campaign being directed against him at Cornell.


https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/06/theres-an-effort-to-get-me-fired-at-cornell-for-criticizing-the-black-lives-matter-movement/?fbclid=IwAR3eWsEchUDnN9o2EcBeJms14kaCDisoG7KqWXUxIjy5hfr86cezhxtYCgA

This, of course, is similar to the campaign against Scottsdale Community College Professor Nicholas Damask, who is now being sued by CAIR. Efforts to get Damask fired over his critical comments about Islam ultimately failed when Interim Chancellor Steven Gonzales defended Damask's right of free speech after receiving numerous letters of support for Damask from the public. That was followed by CAIR filing a lawsuit against both Damask and SCC.

At UCLA, an accounting professor is being threatened for refusing to cancel final exams for black students.

And Jacobson is not the only Cornell professor with his job and safety being threatened. A Cornell chemistry professor is under similar fire for stating that the Buffalo police incident in which a protester was shoved to the ground was not police brutality.

It is time to put a stop to this Maoist action on our campuses, which has only intensified since the death of Mr Floyd. Justice can be served and reforms can be brought without resorting to bullying tactics which are contrary to our constitutional system of justice, freedom, and laws.

Professor Jacobson deserves our support. I will have more to say on this later.

*Update:


Below is the statement of the Cornell Law School dean, Eduardo M. Peñalver, in which he strongly criticizes Professor Jacobson's statements but defends his right to express them.

https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/spotlights/Statement-on-Prof-William-Jacobson-and-Academic-Freedom.cfm