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More on Graduation Protests

By Armen

I am posting this on behalf of someone else. No matter how many times I say this, people will still forget that I AM NOT THE AUTHOR OF THIS POST.

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So, it seems like the protest plans are gathering steam. Not only will it be the hoary standbys in orange jumpsuits, but some actual lawyers and law students may come protest.

This means that not only will my aged and easily distracted father be annoyed by heckling from the aforementioned orange-jumpsuit-wearing septuagenarians as he approaches the Greek Theater, but he may also end up being distracted by shouting &c. during the ceremony, which could cause him to miss photographing that crucial shot of me holding my diploma-looking document in my teeth and flashing the Nixon double-Vs above my head.

The email below has had necessary portions redacted. Bolding is mine, to draw attention to the group's desire to only protest in appropriate ways... Note that my use of italics is to indicate I am being ironic: I do not think graduation is a particularly appropriate forum for protesting John Yoo.

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Both [some very important person] of Equal Justice Society and I have received inquiries about staging a protest concerning John Yoo at Boalt, possibly at the Graduation Ceremonies or some other appropriate way. We are interested in having a preliminary meeting to discuss possible strategies that would both respect issues of academic freedom and express our concerns about John Yoo's memoranda concerning torture and executive powers. We have arranged meeting space near campus at Greenlining so that Guild and other Boalt student representatives and civil rights coalition members could discuss the possible protest.

We have reserved space for [Secret Time] on {Secret Date],[Secret Location].

I'm not sure we want to send it out too far and wide because there will be limited space, but please let individuals know about this meeting who may be interested and willing to come. [yet another influential person]- I apologize that this appears to be planned at the same time as the MLTF meeting, but maybe one person who has been active on this issue from MLTF can come out. [Shot Caller]- maybe you can update us on what happened at the WCW meeting last night - otherwise I will certainly contact you before Tuesday. Please RSVP to me if you will be there. Thank you.

{Big Boss]
National Lawyers Guild

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).