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Posted by L.A.

on 4/6 at 11:23 am

More glimpses of life inside the liberal bubble.

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Iowa Republicans are taking aim at the state's top law school for denying a faculty position to a conservative law professor, who an assistant dean once said embraces politics the rest of the faculty "despises."

Teresa Wagner, who works as an associate director of writing at the University of Iowa College of Law, is suing former dean Carolyn Jones for employment discrimination, claiming she was not hired for a professor position because Jones and other law faculty disapproved of her conservative views and activism.

To hold a law faculty position at the publicly funded university is viewed as a "sacred cow," Wagner said in an interview, and "Republicans need not apply."

The case, which goes to trial this October, has become a chief concern for Republicans in Johnson County, who on Monday passed a resolution calling on the Iowa House of Representatives' oversight committee to investigate hiring practices involved in Wagner's case and others like it.

"We think the hiring policies need to be such where there are certainly non-discriminatory practices which relate to political philosophy, as well as to race and gender and other issues," said Bob Anderson, chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party. He claims students are deprived of "diversity of political thought" when conservative thinkers, like Wagner, are rejected based on their politics.

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Wagner, who graduated with honors from the law school in 1993, has taught at the George Mason University School of Law. She has also worked for the National Right to Life Committee, which opposes abortion, and the conservative Family Research Council.

In 2006, Wagner applied for a full-time instructor position with the law school and was denied. She was also rejected for an adjunct or full-time position in four subsequent attempts, according to her attorney, Stephen T. Fieweger.

Fieweger said Wagner's candidacy was dismissed because of her conservative views, and he cited a 2007 email from Associate Dean Jonathan C. Carlson to Jones in which Carlson wrote: "Frankly, one thing that worries me is that some people may be opposed to Teresa serving in any role, in part at least because they so despise her politics (and especially her activism about it)."

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Posted by CptBengal

on 4/6 at 11:25 am to L.A.

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More glimpses of life inside the liberal bubble.

must keep out viewpoints that you don't agree with. God forbid if you presented all sides and let the students choose for themselves...god forbid!

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Posted by L.A.

on 4/6 at 11:56 am to CptBengal

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must keep out viewpoints that you don't agree with. God forbid if you presented all sides and let the students choose for themselves...god forbid!

Seriously. Why are they so threatened by an opposing point of view?

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Posted by CptBengal

on 4/6 at 11:59 am to L.A.

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Why are they so threatened by an opposing point of view?

Because they are afraid that people will choose the other side. If everyone is like them ,then they can feel better about THEIR choice, so they limit the choices of others. It is the actions of desperate people who don't truly believe they are right.

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Posted by Zamoro10 on 4/6 at 12:43 pm to CptBengal

Makes sense - the law school I went to was liberal as hell even though it was in a very conservative State and the undergrad was conservative. I remember our Con Law professor practically crying over Bush v. Gore when it came down that day.

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Posted by CaptainBrannigan

on 4/6 at 12:47 pm to L.A.

Says

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More glimpses of life inside the liberal bubble.

Then links

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www.foxnews.com

Those in glass houses should not throw stones, or masturbate in the daytime.

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Posted by Newbomb Turk

on 4/6 at 12:50 pm to L.A.

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According to Ms. Wagner’s lawsuit, the law faculty at Iowa in 2007 included a single registered Republican among its 50 or so members. The Republican professor was appointed in 1984. In 2009, The Des Moines Register found that there were two registered Republicans on the faculty.

And, these are the same intellectually bankrupt scumbag mother frickers who go into courthouses all around the country and extoll the virtues of "diversity" with a straight f'ing face.

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Posted by L.A.

on 4/6 at 1:01 pm to CaptainBrannigan

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Then links

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www.foxnews.com

Good Lord, what a cop out. And yet people keep using it on here. FOX NEWS! FOX NEWS!

Who else do you think has the stones to carry a story that makes liberals look so bad? MSNBC? Please.

So how about you quit being a parrot and address the facts presented in the story? What is your opinion of a law school that denies someone a position on the faculty because they are conservative?

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Posted by CaptainBrannigan

on 4/6 at 1:06 pm to L.A.

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Good Lord, what a cop out. And yet people keep using it on here. FOX NEWS! FOX NEWS!

No it is just hilarious that he or she said liberal bubble when Fox News the the standard-bearer for the of the right wing bubble.

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What is your opinion of a law school that denies someon a position on the faculty because they are conservative?

That a person is NOT entitled to any job.

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Posted by TxTiger82

on 4/6 at 1:07 pm to L.A.

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Fieweger said the school argues Wagner was rejected because she "stunningly flunked the interview" in refusing to teach analysis -- a claim he said "just doesn't make sense and the jury is going to see that."

So...there could be more to the story? Maybe she refused to teach the class they were hiring an adjunct to teach? This story only has comments from Wagner, the chairman of the local GOP, and Wagner's lawyer.

The only evidence is that email, which expressed concern about Wagner's politics only in terms of her gelling with the other faculty, which is always an important consideration for departments.

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Posted by DA

on 4/6 at 1:08 pm to CaptainBrannigan

Santorum also claims that the CA university system doesn't offer US history courses.

GOP Catnip (more lies)

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Posted by L.A.

on 4/6 at 1:11 pm to CaptainBrannigan

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That a person is NOT entitled to any job.

Of course not. Who said otherwise?

But that's not the question I aksed you. What do you think about the email from the law school dean that mentions concern about the woman's politics?

What do you think about a law school that has not one conservative on the faculty?

Coincidence?

Good policy?

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Posted by TxTiger82

on 4/6 at 1:12 pm to L.A.

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What do you think about a law school that has not one conservative on the faculty?

Actually, the article says they do have one. A token, probably, but they have one.

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Posted by L.A.

on 4/6 at 1:12 pm to DA

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Santorum also claims that the CA university system doesn't offer US history courses.

WTF does that have to do with this thread?

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Posted by L.A.

on 4/6 at 1:14 pm to TxTiger82

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Actually, the article says they do have one. A token, probably, but they have one.

Yes., my mistake. A holdover from 1984.

But this is a troubling statement:

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To hold a law faculty position at the publicly funded university is viewed as a "sacred cow," Wagner said in an interview, and "Republicans need not apply."

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Posted by DA

on 4/6 at 1:18 pm to L.A.

As a cautionary tale to warn readers that anything from the GOP or any of it's mouthpieces is very likely total BS, or vague conspiracy. I'll give you some examples. And I quit updating the examples a year ago. I could have another 25 examples.

What will they say about Easter and Obama this year, this year?

1. Campaign worker who carved the O in the face of supposed McCain worker.
2. Wants to teach comprehensive sex education to toddlers.
3. Removed the flag from his campaign plane (when actually the owner of the rented plane simply changed logos).
4. Created the Obama "O" flag which turned out to be the Ohio state flag where he was speaking.
5. Dissed the troops in Iraq (the infamous phony letter).
6. He changed the Pledge of Allegiance.
7. He punished all the Republican auto dealers.
8. He sold czar positions to the highest bidders.
9. He called Palin a "pig."
10. Naked pics of his mother.
11. Video of him doing coke with a queer.
12. Kills babies.
13. Won't place hand on the Bible.
14. He's a pervert because he gawks at 16 year old ass.
15. The refusal to shake Obama's hand in Russia (Obama was introducing his team to Medvedev).
16. The bogus Kenyan birth certificate (twice).
17. Obama wants to kill old people.
18. Stephen Hawking would die with England's health care. Ooops!
19. Health care reform DOES NOT include coverage for illegals or abortions.
20. Bogus VA Death Book.
21. Obama to desecrate 911.
22. Obama White House to have Ramadan dinner, my GOD! Oops, so did Team Bush..
23. Obama's motivation speech to the schools is indoctrination of our youth. ooops!
24. Bill Aires and Rev Wright were first to visit the White House.
25. The Fort Hood murderer was on Obama's transition team.
26. Obama lets Muslim terrorist on planes.
27. Obama won't say terrorist.
28. Obama doesn't believe were at war.
29. Obama's Missile Defense Agency logo looks very much like a fusion of the Muslim crescent moon and star.
30. Obama to ban fishing.
31. Doc Fix memo hoax.
32. Obama wants to give Viagra to child molesters.
33. Proctor and Gamble thinks Obama is scary.
34. Obama to force Americans to give up their cars and ride bicycles.
35. Obama and his staff are exempt fro HC bill.
36. Fox anchor E.D. Hill suggested one interpretation of the Obama fist bump was a "terrorist fist jab."
37. The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations.
38. Obama to create private army to take control of America.
39. Health Care Bill Requires RFID Medical Chip Implant.
40. Fox TV: the 2009 omnibus bill included funding for a train traveling straight from “Disney” to Nevada’s most famous brothel, the Moonlight Bunny Ranch.
41. "Obama will not retaliate in the event of a biological attack." Fox TV.
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44. Bogus article from the Wall Street Journal by Eddie Sessions.
45. The Obama regime deliberately blew up the well (Rush).
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48. Obama won't display the American flag when he speaks.
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51. Obama's dog gets transported in its own jet.
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53. Obama forcing McDonalds to cancel health insurance for its employees.
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56. Obama gave away British military secrets to the Russians.
56. Obsma wants to give Russia control of our missile defense systems.
57. Obama's Church Choice For Easter Based On Race?
58. President Obama failed to release a statement or a proclamation recognizing the national observance of Easter Sunday, Christianity's most sacred holiday. By comparison, the White House has released statements recognizing the observance of major Muslim holidays and released statements in 2010 on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha. Fox Nation

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Posted by jcole4lsu

on 4/6 at 1:19 pm to L.A.

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Wagner said in an interview, and "Republicans need not apply."

if someone said that, they should be fired.
if someone had said that about a democrat, they should be fired.
hell if someone said that about a one armed transvestite midget muslim, they should be fired.

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Posted by TxTiger82

on 4/6 at 1:19 pm to L.A.

Yeah, L.A. I believe there is probably some truth to her claim. However, I do know that one of the primary considerations in hiring faculty is how well the candidate compliments/gels with the existing faculty.

There is one thing to note, though, which is that she was applying for an adjunct position rather than a tenure-track position. That is a totally different ball game. Adjuncts are usually temporary instructors, and they typically get none of the usual benefits that come with academia.

The fact is that most departments thrive off of adjuncts these days. They need them. Quite often, adjuncts have more time to devote to the students (no research agenda) and have more professional experience (because they are usually professionals transitioning to retirement).

Therefore, it seems mysterious to me that any college would turn away a qualified adjunct. That is what makes me think there might be something to this woman's claims.

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Posted by CptBengal

on 4/6 at 1:19 pm to L.A.

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But this is a troubling statement:

notice how the liberals in this thread wont even address it?

Because they don't care about what they claim to embrace...diversity.

They are liars with no moral constitution.

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Posted by jcole4lsu

on 4/6 at 1:20 pm to DA

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DA

i see you have your deflector shield deployed at full power. hope you charged the batteries.

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