Ed.
note:
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to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Half
the
American
people
could
be
characterized
as
conservative.
Half
the
legal
profession
can
be
characterized
as
conservative.
In
fact,
there’s
nothing
wrong
with
being
conservative.
It’s
normal.
It’s
normal
everywhere
except
for
in
the
legal
academy.
I’m
happy
that
we’re
one
of
the
few
law
schools
in
America
that
doesn’t
openly
discriminate
against
conservatives.
—
Dean
G.
Marcus
Cole
of
the
University
of
Notre
Dame
Law
School,
in
comments
given
to
NBC
News
on
the
fact
that
his
faculty
leans
heavily
to
the
right.
Cole
went
on
to
say
that
at
other
law
schools,
having
conservatives
among
the
faculty
would
be
considered
“a
badge
of
dishonor.”
Now
that
Amy
Coney
Barrett,
a
Notre
Dame
alumnus,
serves
as
a
justice
on
the
Supreme
Court,
the
school
has
continued
to
curry
favor
with
the
high
court.
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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