Yale law school professor who tackled woke mob at free speech event says future of the rule of law in the US is in crisis

‘Law schools are in crisis. The truth doesn’t matter much. The game is to signal one’s virtue’

A Yale Law School professor warned that the truth has become irrelevant to the rule of law after she was criticized for trying to calm a woke mob of students who tried to close down a free speech debate.

Kate Stith, who moderated a debate between progressive and conservative guest speakers on March 10 and yelled at students to ‘grow up’ when they protested the latter guest, said the students hurled abuse at her for trying to stop the chaos. 

On Monday, Stith spoke to Common Sense with Bari Weiss to warn that what happened at Yale was not an isolated case. 

‘Law schools are in crisis,’ she told reporter Aaron Sibarium. ‘The truth doesn’t matter much. The game is to signal one’s virtue.’ 

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