Administrators and professors avoid talk of Eastman and his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill insurrection. Students worry his legacy tarnishes the law school’s reputation.
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Santana: Was the fuse for the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill Riot lit from OC’s Chapman University?
Chapman University gets swept up in the Jan. 6 dragnet after a federal judge orders former law school Dean John Eastman to release emails to former President Trump and others in efforts to block the 2020 election results.
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Ventura, Henderson and Tarallo: To the Executive Administration at Chapman University
On January 13, John Eastman retired from Chapman University unscathed, after being put under fire for his involvement at the Capitol insurrection. President Daniele Struppa stated that Eastman’s retirement closed a “challenging chapter” for Chapman, but the university’s students think otherwise. In this open letter to the university executive administration, students from the Chapman Activist Coalition argue that Eastman is just one blip in the longstanding history of racism and inequality at Chapman University.
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Slayton: A Chapman Professor Responds to John Eastman
John Eastman’s article in Newsweek, claiming that Kamala Harris was not a citizen, received a swift response. In this piece, Robert Slayton, a colleague of Eastman’s at Chapman University and a Professor of History, argues why Eastman’s interpretation is flawed, and explains why criticisms are not the same as restrictions on free speech. He feels that he, and not Eastman, is upholding the school’s traditions.
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Aitken: Chapman University, Free Speech and Racism; How John Eastman Put the Law School at Risk
Trial Lawyer and Chairman of.the Chapman University Board of Trustees Wylie Aitken, writing as an individual, takes issue with a controversial Newsweek Oped written by Chapman University Law School Prof. John Eastman saying it has appropriately sparked discussion amongst faculty, students, and alumni regarding the limits of free speech and the appropriate response to odious and racist free speech.
