After writing ‘coup is a classical system of installing a government’ uni student almost blocked from graduation
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By Jaclyn Peiser
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A few weeks after the January 6 insurrection attempt staged at the US Capitol, Stanford Law student Nicholas Wallace mocked up a satirical flier aimed at the Federalist Society, an influential national organisation for conservative and libertarian lawyers.
The message mocked the group after some of its prominent members, including Republicans Senator Josh Hawley and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, backed efforts to overturn the election.
"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…