[Peace-discuss] Anti War Group Protests On U of I Campus

[Amanda Bass]

Thanks FAB. Their absence is not at all surprising!

Solidarity,

Amanda

On Oct 29, 2016 4:04 AM, "Boyle, Francis A" <fboyle at illinois.edu> wrote:

> *To Amanda:*
>
> *By the way Amanda, not even one of those THUG law professors who tried to
> bully you and the other NYU Law students into silence and inaction  showed
> up here to defend Killer Koh. Those THUG law professors had no problem
> ganging up on a handful of courageous but defenseless NYU Law Students. But
> they did not have the guts to take on one of their own. Pathetic! Just
> proves to everyone how rotten and corrupt the international law profession
> is in legal academia today. Just a gang of US Imperial Bootlickers. Either
> they have been in cahoots with the US government, or they are in cahoots
> with the US Government, or they want to be in cahoots with the US
> government. Ditto for the entire Illinois Nazis Law Faculty.*
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> *Fab*
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> *Ed Norton Professor of Law*
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> *Illinois Nazis Law Faculty*
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> *Francis A. Boyle*
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> *Law Building*
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> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
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> *Champaign IL 61820 USA*
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> *217-333-7954 <217-333-7954> (phone)*
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> *217-244-1478 <217-244-1478> (fax)*
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> *(personal comments only*)
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> *From:* Boyle, Francis A
> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2016 9:51 PM
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> Bass' <abass10 at gmail.com>; 'C. G. Estabrook' <carl at newsfromneptune.com>;
> 'Peace Discuss' <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>; 'David Johnson' <
> davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net>; 'Karen Medina' <kmedina67 at gmail.com>;
> Szoke, Ron <r-szoke at illinois.edu>; 'Mildred O'brien' <moboct1 at aim.com>; '
> davegreen84 at yahoo.com' <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>; Readel, Karin <
> kereadel at illinois.edu>; Estabrook, Carl G <galliher at illinois.edu>;
> 'Belden Fields' <a-fields at uiuc.edu>; 'jmachota at shout.net' <
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> Hoffman, Valerie J <vhoffman at illinois.edu>; Miller, Joseph Thomas <
> jtmiller at illinois.edu>; 'sherwoodross10 at gmail.com' <
> sherwoodross10 at gmail.com>; 'Karen Aram' <karenaram at hotmail.com>; 'David
> Swanson' <davidcnswanson at gmail.com>; 'Stuart Levy' <stuartnlevy at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* FW: Anti War Group Protests On U of I Campus
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> *Francis A. Boyle*
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> *Law Building*
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> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
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> *Champaign IL 61820 USA*
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> *217-333-7954 <217-333-7954> (phone)*
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> *217-244-1478 <217-244-1478> (fax)*
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> *(personal comments only*)
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> *From:* Boyle, Francis A
> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2016 9:33 PM
> *To:* 'Karen Aram' <karenaram at hotmail.com>; Peace-discuss List <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> *Subject:* RE: Anti War Group Protests On U of I Campus
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> *That’s great Karen. You got the Media there. You got the message out.
> Kudos to you!*
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> *Fab*
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> *Ed Norton Professor of Law*
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> *Illinois Nazis Law School.*
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> *Francis A. Boyle*
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> *Law Building*
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> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
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> *Champaign IL 61820 USA*
>
> *217-333-7954 <217-333-7954> (phone)*
>
> *217-244-1478 <217-244-1478> (fax)*
>
> *(personal comments only*)
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> *From:* Peace [mailto:peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net
> <peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net>] *On Behalf Of *Karen Aram via Peace
> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2016 9:30 PM
> *To:* peace <peace at lists.chambana.net>; Peace-discuss List <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> *Subject:* [Peace] Anti War Group Protests On U of I Campus
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> Anti War Group Protests On U of I Campus
> BY HUNTER MCKEE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH 2016
>
> CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCCU) — Protesters lined up outside the University of
> Illinois Law School Friday.
>
> An anti-war group who expressed their concerns about guest speaker Harold
> Koh, who they believe is an advocate toward violence.
>
> Koh served as a Dean at Yale Law School and spent four years as the 22nd
> Legal Advisor of the United States.
>
> "He is an advocate of drone warfare, he's responsible for many deaths, not
> of soldiers, but of children, he's killing civilians and this is what the
> American people have to recognize,” said Karen Aram, a member of a member
> of the local antiwar, anti-racism effort or "AWARE.
>
> They are just one of the groups who decided to protest against the
> university for showcasing Koh as a guest speaker for the law school, but
> this protest doesn't just involve them.
>
> Francis Broyle has been a law professor at the college for 39 years and he
> supports this movement, "This is the most despicable act I have ever seen
> here at the College of Law.”
>
> The University of Illinois respond by stating this:
>
> "Professor Harold Koh was selected because he is one of the country's
> leading experts in public and private international law, national security
> law, and human rights. He has received fourteen honorary degrees and more
> than thirty awards for his human rights work."
>
> However, Broyle and others believe it’s wrong for the university to
> support him.
>
> "This clearly violates the Illinois Ethics Government Act and I would
> encourage the people in the community to file a complaint.”
>
> FOX 55/27 News in Illinois
>
> See the VDO on their website
>
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