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Hundreds of silent masked students surround Stanford Law dean for
apology to heckled federal judge: 'Eerie'

Hundreds of student protesters wearing masks and all-black clothing
lined the hallways outside Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez's
classroom after she apologized to U.S. Circuit Court Judge Kyle Duncan
for the disruption of his recent speech.

On Monday, Martinez, who teaches constitutional law, arrived to find her
whiteboard covered in fliers ridiculing Duncan and defending those who
disrupted his speech. The fliers echoed the opinion of student activists
and some administrators who claimed hecklers derailing Duncan's talk was
a form of free speech.

After her class ended, protesters, obscuring their faces with masks that
said "counter-speech is free speech," stared at Martinez as she left.
The protesters formed a "human corridor" that stretched from the class
to the building's exit and contained nearly a third of the school's
student body, according to students who spoke with the Washington Free
Beacon.

Approximately 50 out of the 60 students in Martinez's class also joined
the protest and scowled at those who did not join in.

"They gave us weird looks if we didn't wear black" and join the crowd,
first-year law student Luke Schumacher said. "It didn't feel like the
inclusive, belonging atmosphere that the DEI office claims to be
creating."

Another student, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, said the
experience was "eerie."

"The protesters were silent, staring from behind their masks at everyone
who chose not to protest, including the dean," the individual said.

The protest was even larger than the one that occurred days earlier and
came after the Stanford National Lawyers Guild said Martinez had thrown
"capable and compassionate administrators" under the bus. Similar comments
were made by the school's Immigration and Human Rights Law Association and
the school's chapter of the left-wing American Constitution Society.

Last Thursday, Stanford's Federalist Society chapter invited Duncan to
speak. However, the Trump-appointed judge was shouted down and heckled by
hundreds of students who made it impossible for him to deliver his speech.

Video footage widely shared on social media shows that the school's
associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), Tirien Steinbach,
did nothing to quell the disruption as protesters hurled verbal abuse at
the judge.

Instead, Steinbach gave a minutes-long and emotional speech at the event,
accusing Duncan of causing "harm" through his work on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and questioning the school's policies on
free speech.

The students were particularly angry at Duncan for a 2020 opinion in which
he refused to use a transgender sex offender's preferred pronouns. In
comments to the Free Beacon, the judge described the incident as a
"bizarre therapy session from hell."

Duncan was never given a chance to read his prepared remarks. After a
hostile and profane Q&A session, he was escorted out the back door by
federal marshals, who were there to protect him, the Free Beacon reported.

Following the event, Steinbach claimed the students hadn't violated any
law school policies and alleged that Duncan hadn't prepared a speech, a
claim contradicted by video footage and Duncan himself, according to
students. She also allegedly said he was a "serial provocateur" who made
fun of students in order to rile them up for the cameras.

DIVERSITY DIRECTOR SAYS SHE WAS FIRED FROM CALIFORNIA COLLEGE FOR
QUESTIONING ANTIRACISM 'ORTHODOXY'

Over the weekend, the university apologized to Duncan for the incident.

"We write to apologize for the disruption of your recent speech at
Stanford Law School," Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Martinez
wrote in a joint statement. "As has already been communicated to our
community, what happened was inconsistent with our policies on free
speech, and we are very sorry about the experience you had while visiting
our campus."

The letter also claimed that staff members failed to enforce university
policies and "intervened in inappropriate ways" that did not align with
the school's commitment to free speech, but the letter did not mention
Steinbach by name.

Speaking with the National Review, Duncan said he appreciated the apology,
particularly Stanford's acknowledgment that the administrator's behavior
"was completely at odds with the law school's mission of training future
members of the bench and bar."

"Such an apology would also be a useful step towards restoring the law
school's broader commitment to the many, many students at Stanford who,
while not members of the Federalist Society, nonetheless welcome robust
debate on campus," Duncan added.

Fox News' Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.

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