Stanford Apologizes to US Circuit Judge for Disrupted Speech (1)

Stanford University apologized to federal appeals court judge Kyle Duncan, saying students’ interruption of his appearance before a campus Federalist Society event was “inconsistent with” free speech policies.

Videos of the event posted online show Duncan, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, facing off with protesters who were critical of his rulings. The March 9 event was titled “The Fifth Circuit in Conversation with the Supreme Court: Covid, Guns, and Twitter.”

“As has already been communicated to our community, what happened was inconsistent with our policies on free speech, and we are very sorry ...