Law Schools
Phyllis Schlafly Hon. Degree Sparks Wash U Spat, Law Prof Protest
Posted May 16, 2008, 11:06 am CDT
By Martha Neil
Ever the conservative gadfly, attorney and political activist Phyllis Schlafly, didn't hesitate to say what she thought when law professors, among others, complained about a planned award of an honorary degree to her today by Washington University in St. Louis.
Her critics are "a bunch of losers," says Schlafly, 83, who is perhaps best known for her decades-old campaign that helped defeat the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, according to the Associated Press.
Although students and faculty have protested, urging Wash U not to award the honorary degree to Schlafly after all, Chancellor Mark Wrighton says in a letter to the university community that it is intended not as a validation of her views but… Continue reading...
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