Satire is not defamation and no university of any caliber should investigate whether it should be allowed." "Stanford's investigation into satire doesn't pass the laugh test. "That Stanford would initiate an investigation into a student for sending a satirical email to his peers would be laughable if the stakes weren't so high for a student on the cusp of graduation," said FIRE attorney Adam Steinbaugh. FIRE also asked Stanford to commit to screening student complaints to determine whether they involve protected speech before initiating investigations into student expression.
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The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education demanded Tuesday that Stanford release the hold and refrain from further investigation into or sanctions against Wallace. Josh Hawley, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the law school's chapter of the Federalist Society. His degree is now on hold while the university determines whether he violated school policies by mocking Sen. After receiving a complaint about a satirical email that Wallace sent to his peers in January, Stanford launched an investigation into Wallace. STANFORD, Calif., JStanford University law student Nicholas Wallace was set to graduate this month, but his degree is now in jeopardy. It should not take outrage from Twitter and a United States Senator to protect political satire at any institution of higher education of any caliber. Stanford's statement says that it followed "normal procedures" and "consulted with legal counsel after we obtained the relevant facts." If "normal procedures" and review by a university attorney let an investigation into political satire proceed, something is wrong with the procedures.
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UPDATE (9:36 P.M.): Stanford's Office of Community Standards informed Nicholas this evening that the investigation will be closed and the hold on his diploma released, belatedly determining that his email was protected expression. Law student's graduation in jeopardy as Stanford investigates satirical email lampooning Federalist Society, Sen. 2004), where libel law met Where the Wild Things Are.) (Not entirely on point, but it reminds me of my favorite political satire case, New Times, Inc. FIRE gets it right, I think this shouldn't even have yielded a formal investigation, much less a hold on the student's diploma.