Law School Israel Protest Culture Is ‘Cancer,’ US Judge Says

Eleventh Circuit Judge Elizabeth Branch told Harvard Law School students that protests she views as antisemitic on law school campuses are a spreading “cancer” that cross the line beyond protected speech.

“What is happening on campuses throughout the country is a cancer. Harvard is similarly stricken,” Branch said Tuesday at a Harvard Federalist Society talk on campus speech in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

“I have no quarrel with peaceful protests. I might not agree with you, but I support your right to protest,” said Branch, a Donald Trump appointee who has sat on the Atlanta-based ...