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FASORP
is
a
group
that
takes
itself
very
seriously
—
which
is
why
it
tickles
my
soul
to
know
that
my
first
story
on
them
was
written
on
April
1st.
The
organization’s
whole
identity
is
centered
on
not
being
good
enough
and
making
it
other
people’s
problem.
They
go
at
length
to
perform
their
not-good-enoughness,
not
just
in
that
they
are
comprised
of
faculty
and
students
who
weren’t
good
enough
to
get
their
papers
published
or
onto
law
review,
but
their
law
suit
history
is
just
a
series
of
failures.
They
failed
when
they
sued
Northwestern
on
behalf
of
White
teachers
who
didn’t
even
apply,
their
action
against
Harvard
didn’t
seem
to
go
anywhere,
and
most
recently
they
threw
in
the
towel
for
their
fight
against
University
of
Michigan.
Reuters
has
coverage:
A
conservative
legal
group
has
ended
a
discrimination
lawsuit
against
the
University
of
Michigan’s
flagship
law
journal.
…
FASORP
voluntarily
dismissed
the
lawsuit
on
Friday
without
explanation.
The
group’s
attorney,
Jonathan
Mitchell,
did
not
immediately
respond
on
Monday
to
a
request
for
comment
and
more
information,
including
on
whether
the
case
had
settled.
The
law
journal,
which
was
due
to
respond
to
the
suit
by
Monday,
did
not
respond
to
a
request
for
comment.
The
law
school
had
no
immediate
comment.
As
much
as
I
respect
UMichigan’s
strategy
of
do
nothing…win,
I
wish
they
would
have
taken
the
hat
of
discipline
approach.
To
catch
you
up
on
the
lore,
FASORP’s
“activism”
ranged
from
advocating
that
law
review
applicants
lie
on
their
personal
statements
to
get
ahead
at
both
UMichigan
and
Harvard,
threatening
schools
to
save
all
of
their
emails
for
a
coming
lawsuit
or
face
the
consequences,
and
the
general
promise
to
out
anyone
who
was
“female,
non-white
and
non-Asian,
or
homosexual
or
transgender”
as
a
“DEI
hire”
with
“tainted
credentials.”
Being
a
right-winger
committed
to
questions
of
desert
must
come
with
so
much
whiplash;
I’d
recommend
some
Tylenol
for
the
neck
pain
sustained
from
switching
from
“show
me
Ketanji’s
LSAT
scores!”
to
“Because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
what
really
makes
anybody
qualified
for
any
job?”
but
apparently
that
causes
autism
now.
Conservative
Group
Ends
Discrimination
Lawsuit
Against
Michigan
Law
Review
[Reuters]
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™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.