"Violent insurrection, also known as doing a coup, is a classical system of installing a government," the satirical flyer reads. The post Stanford Is Investigating a Law Student Who Mocked the Federalist Society first appeared on Law & Crime.
The controversy stems from a satirical flyer Nicholas Wallace J.D. ’21 sent to a law school mailing list on Jan. 25, advertising a fictitious event that…
On Wednesday, Stanford University said law student Nicholas Wallace could graduate after the university initially held his diploma while investigating a complaint over a satirical email mocking the Federalist Society.
E.J. Miranda, Stanford’s Senior Director of Media Relations.
A statement provided to Law&Crime notes:
A fundamental standard complaint was filed in the university’s Office of Community Standards against a student in the law school for an email that he had sent out on January 25. We followed our normal procedures and conducted a factual inquiry. Given that this complaint raised issues of protected speech, we also consulted with legal counsel after we obtained the relevant facts. In cases where the complaint is filed in proximity to graduation, our normal procedure includes placing a graduation diploma hold on the respondent.
Stanford lifts graduation hold on law student who made satirical flyer for fake Federalist Society event
Stanford Law School. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
Third-year Stanford Law School student Nicholas Wallace was informed on the last day of classes that the school was placing a hold on his degree as it investigated a complaint about his satirical flyer promoting a fake insurrection event sponsored by the Federalist Society.
Wallace’s January flyer, emailed to an email discussion list, promoted a fake Stanford Federalist Society event titled, “The Originalist Case for Inciting Insurrection.”
The flyer said guest speakers supporting violent insurrection included Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.