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Rioting Ivy Leaguers are the same people who will soon: - Be America’s judges, DAs, and prosecutors - File and fight constitutional lawsuits - Advise Fortune 500 companies - Hire other left-wing diversity candidates to staff law firms and government offices - Run for higher office with an agenda of only enforcing laws that suit left-wing whims In Lawless , Ilya Shapiro explains how we got here and what we can do about it. The problem is bigger than radical students and biased faculty—it’s institu­tional weakness. Shapiro met the mob firsthand when he posted a controversial tweet that led to calls for his firing from Georgetown Law. A four-month investi­gation eventually cleared him on a technicality but declared that if he offended anyone in the future, he’d create a “hostile educational environment” and be sub­ject to the inquisition again. Unable to do the job he was hired for, he resigned. This cannot continue. 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