Law Professor Speaks Out After Being Shamed for Writing Honest History of BLM

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Six months ago, William Jacobson, a professor at Cornell Law School and founder and publisher of Legal Insurrection, wrote two blog posts detailing the honest, but negative, history of Black Lives Matter. Students and faculty immediately called upon the school to take action against Jacobson for writing the posts.

Jacobson joined the show on July 1 to explain why students and faculty were actively speaking out against him. He returns to the show today to share what transpired after more than a dozen student groups tried to mobilize a campus-wide boycott of his class and faculty quickly denounced him for his posts.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, December 22nd. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:10.4	And I'm Virginia Allen. Six months ago, William Jacobson, a professor at
0:15.9	Cornell Law School, wrote two blog posts on his website Legal Insurection,
0:21.0	which detailed some of the honest but negative history of Black Lives
0:25.3	Matter. Students and faculty at Cornell complained not that the posts were inaccurate, but instead
0:31.7	that they were insensitive given the recent death of George Floyd.
0:35.7	We spoke with Professor Jacobson on this show on July 1st, and he shared that a number of student groups
0:41.5	on campus were trying to boycott his class and
0:45.2	longtime friends and faculty members had quickly turned against him.
0:50.0	Today we speak with Professor Jacobson again to find out what transpired at Cornell and what his personal experience with cancel culture can tell us about the state of America's universities.
1:02.0	And if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review,
1:06.0	or a FISA rating on Apple Podcasts, and please encourage others to subscribe.
1:11.0	Now, on to our top news. Attorney General William Barr, who is stepping down this week, addressed in a press conference
1:26.2	whether he plans to appoint a special counsel to look at 2020 election fraud or Hunter Biden.
1:33.2	Via the Hill, here's what Barr had to say.
1:36.1	The president has continued to make the case that there was fraud in the election.
1:41.1	You've already made your statement on that in an interview.
1:44.4	Do you believe there's enough evidence to warrant appointing a special counsel to
1:51.2	look into it, which is something that he appears to be thinking about,
1:56.3	perhaps Sidney Powell.
1:57.9	Do you believe that there was any reason to do that?
2:00.8	Have you already given your opinion on this to the President and the White House?
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