Ex-law prof slams Stanford’s apology to Trump judge after protesters derailed talk

Stanford Law School shouldn’t have caved and catered to a “woke mob” that derailed a lecture given by a Trump-appointed federal judge — and then issue an apology for the ambush, a former law professor said.

Ex-Georgetown University law prof Ilya Shapiro told Fox News Stanford hindered free speech by shutting down the March 9 event featuring Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Kyle Duncan.

Tirien Steinbach, the school’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, along with student protesters, heckled the jurist during his lecture.

He was unable to finish and was escorted off campus by federal marshals.

“University officials … are spineless cowards unwilling to enforce their own rules when they’re violated by students, much less administrators,” Shapiro told Fox News. 

“People should be allowed to protest … but hecklers shutting down events, that does not counter free speech,” Shapiro scoffed. “That imposes on others free speech.” 

Steinbach went on a verbal tirade against Duncan, making it clear his presence on campus wasn’t welcome.

“It’s uncomfortable to say this to you as a person. It’s uncomfortable to say that for many people here, your work has caused harm,” Steinbach charged during the judge’s attempt to speak to Stanford’s chapter of the conservative Federalist Society.

Steinbach, a former program officer at the American Civil Liberties Union, talked at length about her commitment to free speech — but didn’t give the judge a chance to speak.

“This event is tearing the fabric of this community that I care about. and I’m here to support,” Steinbach said. “For many people at the law school who work here, who study here, and who live here, your advocacy — your opinions from the bench — land as absolute disenfranchisement of their rights.’

Shapiro called the whole incident “appalling” and called for Steinbach’s firing.

“She did not enforce the school’s policy,” Shapiro said. “It’s for the dereliction of duty that she should be fired, not her speech.”

Stanford’s campus disruption policies statet the university supports its students right to protest viewpoints they disagree with — as long as their protest doesn’t “prevent or disrupt the effective carrying out of a University function.”