{"id":149570,"date":"2026-04-24T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/24\/fedsoc-event-meant-to-sanewash-dhs-abducting-people-made-harder-by-protesters-making-a-big-fuss-about-racial-profiling\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:42:18","slug":"fedsoc-event-meant-to-sanewash-dhs-abducting-people-made-harder-by-protesters-making-a-big-fuss-about-racial-profiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/24\/fedsoc-event-meant-to-sanewash-dhs-abducting-people-made-harder-by-protesters-making-a-big-fuss-about-racial-profiling\/","title":{"rendered":"FedSoc Event Meant To Sanewash DHS Abducting People Made Harder By Protesters Making A Big Fuss About Racial Profiling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Politeness is a one-way street. You can openly mock some of the most prominent jurists in the nation if you\u2019re on the right team, but playing for the other side opens you up to all sorts of nitpicking about the proper way to do things. It is a nonsense rule that explains a lot once you\u2019re wise to it, like how Sotomayor\u2019s comments on Kavanaugh required an apology<\/a> but his \u201cyour fault for looking Mexican\u201d concurrence was no biggie. Similar things are happening with campus speech. If you advocate for anything to the left of Palantir\u2019s recent manifesto, you should expect public scrutiny. Protestors are getting cast as villains for opposing the normalization of right-wing power grabs at law school events. New York Post <\/a>has coverage:<\/p>\n

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A speaking event at UCLA\u2019s law school erupted into turmoil Tuesday night when a Department of Homeland Security attorney faced loud disruptions from student protesters and activists.<\/p>\n

James Percival, general counsel for DHS, was invited by the Federalist Society\u2019s UCLA chapter to address law students on campus.<\/p>\n

But the appearance quickly turned contentious as more than 150 demonstrators gathered outside, chanting slogans targeting the Trump administration, including \u201cNo ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No reporting suggests Green Day was present, but I\u2019m sure they were there in spirit:<\/p>\n

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Not sure if its uplifting or a telling weakness of protest\u2019s efficacy that a decade-old chant is just as prescient now. As far as the article\u2019s \u201ceruption into turmoil\u201d characterization of the event goes, it couldn\u2019t have been that <\/em>disruptive if the UCLA admin\u2019s response was \u201cYup, that stuff just kinda happens and we move along\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cUCLA Law is committed to free speech and academic freedom, including perspectives that may be controversial or deeply contested,\u201d the school said in a statement to Fox News. \u201cThis student-organized event, which proceeded to its conclusion, was one instance of those principles in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

For all of the complaining about the protest, Percival was able to give his talk. Before the framing of this as a bunch of out-of-control leftists piling on the little old lawyer of the deportation branch gets blown out of proportion, remember:<\/p>\n

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You are not constitutionally entitled to a polite audience<\/p>\n

\u2014 Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof (@evanbernick.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-04-24T12:40:53.079Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

While we\u2019re here, let\u2019s talk about the students. They may have dropped a couple of F bombs and called DHS a bunch of Nazis, but let\u2019s keep a clear head about how much weight that tier of name calling carries. The DHS knows what they\u2019re doing \u2014 it isn\u2019t like they used a neo-Nazi song for ICE recruitment<\/a> or looked like they\u2019ve brushed off the vintage Hugo Boss to the point that the Germans stepped in<\/a> because they want to shy away<\/em> from the Nazi comparisons. What\u2019s next? Trying to anger Darth Sidious by calling him a Sith Lord? They know what they are and are shameless about it. The only silver lining would be that calling them what they are is meant to provoke observers in to recognition, but between the COVID brain damage and AI overuse frying people\u2019s comparative thinking, that ship has sailed. The people who aren\u2019t looking and seeing the obvious are the same ones that didn\u2019t realize Homelander was there to make fun of them until season 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The real story is that the things done in protest are nowhere near as newsworthy as the things being protested: Justice Kavanaugh greenlighting racial profiling<\/a>; the administration\u2019s abdication of the rule of law in deportation proceedings<\/a>; a poorly trained militia<\/a> acting as judge, jury, and executioners in broad daylight<\/a>; and the list goes on. Don\u2019t be swayed by framings that suggest protestors\u2019 discontent in and of itself is a threat to speakers \u2014 the real threats are the men with guns openly stating that they will erase your voice if you raise it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lefty Students Hijack UCLA Event From Homeland Security\u2019s Top Lawyer<\/a> [New York Post]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at christopherrashadwilliams@gmail.com<\/a> and by Tweet\/Bluesky at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post FedSoc Event Meant To Sanewash DHS Abducting People Made Harder By Protesters Making A Big Fuss About Racial Profiling<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Politeness is a one-way street. You can openly mock some of the most prominent jurists in the nation if you\u2019re on the right team, but playing for the other side opens you up to all sorts of nitpicking about the proper way to do things. It is a nonsense rule that explains a lot once you\u2019re wise to it, like how Sotomayor\u2019s comments on Kavanaugh required an apology<\/a> but his \u201cyour fault for looking Mexican\u201d concurrence was no biggie. Similar things are happening with campus speech. If you advocate for anything to the left of Palantir\u2019s recent manifesto, you should expect public scrutiny. Protestors are getting cast as villains for opposing the normalization of right-wing power grabs at law school events. New York Post <\/a>has coverage:<\/p>\n

\n

A speaking event at UCLA\u2019s law school erupted into turmoil Tuesday night when a Department of Homeland Security attorney faced loud disruptions from student protesters and activists.<\/p>\n

James Percival, general counsel for DHS, was invited by the Federalist Society\u2019s UCLA chapter to address law students on campus.<\/p>\n

But the appearance quickly turned contentious as more than 150 demonstrators gathered outside, chanting slogans targeting the Trump administration, including \u201cNo ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No reporting suggests Green Day was present, but I\u2019m sure they were there in spirit:<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Not sure if its uplifting or a telling weakness of protest\u2019s efficacy that a decade-old chant is just as prescient now. As far as the article\u2019s \u201ceruption into turmoil\u201d characterization of the event goes, it couldn\u2019t have been that <\/em>disruptive if the UCLA admin\u2019s response was \u201cYup, that stuff just kinda happens and we move along\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cUCLA Law is committed to free speech and academic freedom, including perspectives that may be controversial or deeply contested,\u201d the school said in a statement to Fox News. \u201cThis student-organized event, which proceeded to its conclusion, was one instance of those principles in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

For all of the complaining about the protest, Percival was able to give his talk. Before the framing of this as a bunch of out-of-control leftists piling on the little old lawyer of the deportation branch gets blown out of proportion, remember:<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

You are not constitutionally entitled to a polite audience<\/p>\n

\u2014 Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof (@evanbernick.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-04-24T12:40:53.079Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

While we\u2019re here, let\u2019s talk about the students. They may have dropped a couple of F bombs and called DHS a bunch of Nazis, but let\u2019s keep a clear head about how much weight that tier of name calling carries. The DHS knows what they\u2019re doing \u2014 it isn\u2019t like they used a neo-Nazi song for ICE recruitment<\/a> or looked like they\u2019ve brushed off the vintage Hugo Boss to the point that the Germans stepped in<\/a> because they want to shy away<\/em> from the Nazi comparisons. What\u2019s next? Trying to anger Darth Sidious by calling him a Sith Lord? They know what they are and are shameless about it. The only silver lining would be that calling them what they are is meant to provoke observers in to recognition, but between the COVID brain damage and AI overuse frying people\u2019s comparative thinking, that ship has sailed. The people who aren\u2019t looking and seeing the obvious are the same ones that didn\u2019t realize Homelander was there to make fun of them until season 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The real story is that the things done in protest are nowhere near as newsworthy as the things being protested: Justice Kavanaugh greenlighting racial profiling<\/a>; the administration\u2019s abdication of the rule of law in deportation proceedings<\/a>; a poorly trained militia<\/a> acting as judge, jury, and executioners in broad daylight<\/a>; and the list goes on. Don\u2019t be swayed by framings that suggest protestors\u2019 discontent in and of itself is a threat to speakers \u2014 the real threats are the men with guns openly stating that they will erase your voice if you raise it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lefty Students Hijack UCLA Event From Homeland Security\u2019s Top Lawyer<\/a> [New York Post]<\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at christopherrashadwilliams@gmail.com<\/a> and by Tweet\/Bluesky at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post FedSoc Event Meant To Sanewash DHS Abducting People Made Harder By Protesters Making A Big Fuss About Racial Profiling<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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