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September 14, 2007
UC - Criticize Bush, Lose Your Job
-- by Dave Johnson
Erwin Chemerinsky, a noted legal scholar, was offered a job as dean of the new University of California at Irvine law school. Then he wrote an op-ed criticizing the Bush administration - Alberto Gonzales in particular - so the university withdrew the job offer.
Scholars Decry Law School's About-Face on New Dean,
According to Chemerinsky, the UC-Irvine chancellor told him on Tuesday that he "knew I was liberal but didn't know how controversial I would be." The chancellor also said "some conservative opposition was developing," and the University of California regents would have "a bloody fight" over approving him, Chemerinsky said.The intimidation continues unabated.
Posted by Dave Johnson at September 14, 2007 8:06 AM
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