David French: Did the Harvard Law Review just get a black eye?

David French, Director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, writing at National Review’s Phi Beta Cons blog: “Over the past several weeks, defenders of academic freedom have been in an uproar over Harvard Law Review’s unsigned student comment defending speech codes and criticizing the Third Circuit’s landmark decision in DeJohn v. Temple University.”

French links to Heather Hacker’s ADF Center for Academic Freedom post on the case: “Court affirms reasoning of DeJohn once again.” An excerpt:

Aside from the fact that the opinion of a law student carries infinitely less weight than a well-reasoned opinion from three federal appellate judges (at least on this planet), the comment manages to criticize DeJohn without citing any of the many cases striking down speech codes on college campuses across the country. Coming from such a respected publication, such shoddy scholarship obviously created quite a bit of controversy.

Lopez v. Candaele, et al., No. CV 09-0995-GHK (FFMx) (C.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2009)

DeJohn v. Temple University, No: 07-2220 (3rd Cir. Aug. 4, 2008)