‘Scalia Law School’ Sparks Faculty Feud at George Mason
The renaming of George Mason University’s law school after Justice Antonin Scalia has erupted into a tense confrontation within its faculty: between professors embracing the move and scholars outside the law school offended by the association with the high court’s most influential conservative, reports The Wall Street Journal.
“Officials at the suburban Virginia public university say they have no intention of reconsidering the rebranding, which comes attached to not just controversy but a heap of money. The school is set to receive its largest combined gift, $10 million from a charity founded by billionaire conservative activist Charles Koch and a $20-million pledge from an anonymous donor who made the gift contingent on the name change,” according to the report.
More than 100 professors at George Mason have signed a petition condemning both the Scalia name and the legal ideas he espoused.
