Lecturer suspended over tweets criticizing Biden's promised Supreme Court selection

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: ABC News

Georgetown Law announced it will suspend a senior lecturer over his tweets criticizing President Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

In a tweet posted last week, that has since been deleted, Ilya Shapiro, the incoming executive director of the Center for the Constitution and senior lecturer at Georgetown University Law Center, said Biden will be nominating not "the objectively best pick" but a "lesser" Black woman to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer who will be retiring at the end of the current term.

"Objectively best pick for Biden is Sri Srinivasan, who is solid prog & v smart. Even has identify politics benefit of being first Asian (Indian) American. But alas doesn't fit into the latest intersectionality hierarchy so we'll get lesser black woman. Thank heaven for small favors?" Shapiro said in the tweet, according to a story by Reason he shared on twitter.

Shapiro will remain on leave pending the outcome of an investigation conducted by the university and he will not be on campus, according to William Treanor, dean of Georgetown University Law Center.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lecturer-suspended-over-tweets-criticizing-bidens-promised-supreme-court-selection/ar-AATnof7?li=BBnb7Kz

[ColinC]

1. Doesn't seem like it was about criticizing Biden. Seems more about racism.

[llashram]

2. American diversity

is now Amerikkkan adversity...

[Carlitos Brigante]

3. Speaking of "lesser". Hey dipshit, learn how to use articles in

your sentences. You sound like Trump's wife

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Bigots, racists, Klansmen, MAGATs are all freaking out. The audacity of ANY equality.

[BaronChocula]

5. Shame shame

Social media has induced so many intelligent people to speak their mind when they should in fact STFU

[BootinUp]

6. Did he not mention Clarence Thomas or Alito a couple of real geniuses

there.

[dlk]

7. When someone shows who they really are, we should believe them the first time

Shapiro felt completely entitled to openly express his racist and sexist (and I would add ignorant) comments about potential Supreme Court nominees. With that level of personal prejudices, how could he possibly be an asset to Georgetown, in any capacity? He has permanently tainted himself.

[cadoman]

8. well played Georgetown

Maybe this "professor" hadn't considered that all the best candidates happen to be Black women?

I'm feeling great about whomever Biden picks. Such a relief that Breyer did the right thing by the country in retiring on Biden's watch.

[C Moon]

9. Suspended until everyone forgets. Then he'll have his job back.

[melm00se]

10. Yeah for this guy for being suspended

but boo for Whoopi Goldberg for being suspended here on DU.

Both for tweets/comments carrying similar sentiments.

[Paladin]

11. Definite black eye for Georgetown Law.

Really sad.

[dalton99a]

12. Ilya Shapiro is a Kock whore