Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline For Penn Law Prof Amy Wax

Update:  Penn Prof: Firing Amy Wax Could Open Door To Censorship Of Faculty Teaching Critical Race Theory

Following up on my previous post, Penn Law Dean Ruger Responds To Comments Made By Professor Wax:  Law.com, Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline for Penn Law Professor Amy Wax

• ABA Journal, Law Prof's Remarks About 'Asian Elite' Put Her Back at Center of Controversy
• Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Law Professor Amy Wax’s Anti-Asian Comments Spark National Scrutiny
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, By Pressuring Penn, Philadelphia City Council Threatens Faculty Speech Rights
• Law.com, Law Schools Often Have Little Recourse When Tenured Faculty Become PR Headaches:
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), Political Pressure Is Mounting on Penn to Fire Amy Wax
• Philadelphia Inquirer, Lawmakers Call For Penn to Revoke Professor’s Tenure After Racist Comments: ‘We Do Not Stand For Hate Speech’
• Philadelphia Inquirer, Penn Law Professor Amy Wax Enraged People With Her Comments About Asians. Now, She May Face Sanction.
• Mike Spivey, What Should Penn Law Do About Professor Amy Wax?

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• Wax & Alexander: Paying The Price For Breakdown Of The Country's Bourgeois Culture (Aug. 13, 2017)
• Reaction To Law Profs' Op-Ed On The Breakdown Of The 'Bourgeois Culture' (Aug. 25, 2017)
• Penn Law Students Try To Ban Amy Wax From Teaching Civil Procedure Due To Her Breakdown Of The Bourgeois Culture Op-Ed (Sept. 10, 2017)
• Controversy Over Law Profs' Op-Ed On The Breakdown Of The 'Bourgeois Culture' Shifts From Penn To San Diego (Sept. 21, 2017)
• More Law Prof Reactions To The Wax & Alexander Op-Ed On The Breakdown Of The 'Bourgeois Culture' (Sept. 22, 2017)
• Reynolds: It Is Time Academics Preach the Virtues They Practice (Sept. 26, 2017)
• Penn Alumni Speak Out Against Breakdown Of The 'Bourgeois Culture' Op-Ed (Sept. 26, 2017)
• Wax: The Closing Of The Academic Mind (Feb. 19, 2018)
• Penn Dean Denies Amy Wax's Claim That He Asked Her To Take Leave Due To Controversial Op-Ed (Feb. 21, 2018)
• Heather McDonald: The Penn Law School Mob Scores A Victory (Mar. 19, 2018)
• Amy Wax: The University Of Denial — Aggressive Suppression Of The Truth Is A Central Feature Of American Higher Education (Mar. 24, 2018)
• Amy Wax Controversy Drags Penn Law Into Free-Speech Dilemma (July 27, 2019)
• Penn Law Removes Statement On RBG’s Death After Inclusion Of Amy Wax Quote Sparked Outrage (Sept. 29, 2020)
• Penn Law Dean Ruger Responds To Comments Made By Professor Wax (Jan. 6, 2022)