Students at Boston University Law School have been offered therapy to help them ‘navigate these times’ in the wake of three controversial Supreme Court rulings.
The BU Law Student Government Association statement was sent to law students on Friday denouncing three major Supreme Court decisions this week.
These were about the court outlawing race as a factor in college admissions, striking down President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan and siding with a Christian graphic designer who refused to create a website for a wedding between people of the same sex.
in a letter, first obtained by foxnews, The student board began by criticizing the Supreme Court’s decision in the student admission case.
According to Fox, he says: ‘[The assenting judges] He went so far as to say that the race-based admissions system uses race as a negative and operates it as a stereotype.’
Students at Boston University Law School have been offered therapy to help them ‘navigate these times’ in the wake of three controversial Supreme Court rulings.
Affirmative Action Pro supporters and counter-protesters shout at each other outside the US Supreme Court on Thursday
Pro-Affirmative Action protesters chant outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC on Thursday.
The letter continued: ‘You may express your opinion in legalese, but we all know what this opinion is intended to do: advocate for a ‘color blind’ admissions process.
‘However, as many of our students know, and Judge Sotomayor says in her dissenting opinion, ‘ignoring race will not equalize a society that is racially unequal.’
“As a reminder, BU also offers a number of wellness resources that are willing and able to help students navigate these times.”
The university’s law school does not offer specialized counseling for its students, but the SGA recommended resources that are already available.
The organization also said: “These three decisions are part of a long sequence of rulings by this court that consistently erode the rights of marginalized communities and undermine the diversity on which our nation was built.”
On Friday, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan.
The justices ruled 6-3 that Biden’s controversial plan to eliminate the debts of 26 million Americans at taxpayer expense was unconstitutional and an overreach of his executive power.
It was also announced on Friday that they had ruled in favor of a Christian web design company that refused to design a website for a same-sex wedding.
The day before, justices voted to bar universities from using race as a factor when admitting students in a landmark affirmative action ruling.
Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme had been stalled in a legal battle since November
The justices decided in a 6-3 opinion that the race-based affirmative action admissions policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) are unconstitutional.
Lorie Smith is a Christian graphic designer who said her religious beliefs would cause her to turn down applications to design same-sex wedding websites.
This latest installment from Boston University students comes at a time of concern about the leadership of law schools across the country.
In March, Trump-appointed judge Kyle Duncan was ambushed by students and the associate dean of Stanford University.
Tirien Steinbach, a member of the faculty, had launched into a six-minute tirade about Judge Duncan, which she had written, condemning his life’s work.
Woke students snapped their fingers in support, after progressive colleges warned that clapping can cause offence, and shouted ‘Yes’ in agreement.
Duncan, a Louisiana-born 51-year-old lawyer known for challenging LGBTQ+ rights, was appointed as a federal judge in 2018 by then-President Trump.
Judge Kyle Duncan (left) was ambushed by Stanford Law School Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach (right)
Judge Duncan stood up and shook his head in amazement as Steinbach also voiced his support for free speech.
When Duncan tried to respond to comments made by Steinbach, the students yelled, ‘Let her finish!’
They remained quiet and polite as the awakened dean defended her beliefs, but she offered Duncan no such courtesy.
Following the incident, the school’s president vowed to ‘safeguard’ freedom of expression after the protest.
We previously recounted how law school students had been forced to undergo “free speech training” after heckling Duncan.
It was the latest effort by the University to turn the page after the incident earlier this year.
Two federal judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals also announced that they would no longer hire Stanford paralegals after the incident.
