The
core
of
modern
conservative
ideology
isn’t
that
hard
to
understand.
It
has
three
axioms:
1)
White
is
Right.
2)
Violence
toward
members
of
outside
groups
is
encouraged,
actually
—
it
reinforces
social
cohesion
and
feels
good
to
boot!
3)
The
proper
way
to
deal
with
the
poor
is
to
pass
policies
which
hasten
their
deaths
and
blame
the
outcome
on
“the
market
deciding.”
This
isn’t
the
definitive
list
—
I
personally
believe
that
the
second
rule
is
just
a
corollary
of
rule
one
—
but
it
will
help
you
decode
most
Fox
News
segments,
White
House
press
releases,
and
a
recent
University
of
Florida
Levin
College
of
Law
paper
that
scored
top
marks
from
Trump-nominated
Judge
John
L.
Badalamenti
that
is
making
headlines.
From
the
New
York
Times:
In
his
capstone
paper
for
the
class,
[Preston]
Damsky
argued
that
the
framers
had
intended
for
the
phrase
“We
the
People,”
in
the
Constitution’s
preamble,
to
refer
exclusively
to
white
people.
From
there,
he
argued
for
the
removal
of
voting
rights
protections
for
nonwhites,
and
for
the
issuance
of
shoot-to-kill
orders
against
“criminal
infiltrators
at
the
border.”
…
At
the
end
of
the
semester,
Mr.
Damsky,
29,
was
given
the
“book
award,”
which
designated
him
as
the
best
student
in
the
class.
According
to
the
syllabus,
the
capstone
counted
the
most
toward
final
grades.
Unflinching
Originalism
and
high
marks
—
could
Mr.
Damsky
be
the
poster
child
for
the
“conservative
ideals”
Skadden
pledged
to
incorporate
in
to
its
Fellows
program?
And
before
you
hand
wave
associating
his
extremism
with
conservatism
proper,
gerrymandering
to
water
down
black
votership
and
Texan
immigrant
murder
buoys
are
squarely
contemporary
conservative
policy;
Damsky
isn’t
breaking
much
new
ground
here.
In
fact,
the
ground
is
so
old
that
he
appears
to
be
plagiarizing
Ku
Klux
Klan
“scholarship”
from
the
1860s:
I
think
that
the
proper
response
to
public
affirmations
of
Nazi
or
Klan
talking
points
is
the
one
provided
by
the
Man
of
Steel:
Alas,
we’re
far
past
the
historical
period
of
“Your
politics
put
you
on
the
same
side
of
history
as
David
Duke”
having
any
real
bite
to
it.
Writing
for
the
Volokh
Conspiracy,
Josh
Blackman
decided
to
skip
past
the
paper’s
White
Genocide
rhetoric
(“’The
People
cannot
be
expected
to
meekly
swallow
this
demographic
assault
on
their
sovereignty,’
he
wrote,
adding
that
if
the
courts
did
not
act
to
ensure
a
white
country,
the
matter
would
be
decided
‘not
by
the
careful
balance
of
Justitia’s
scales,
but
by
the
gruesome
slashing
of
her
sword.’”)
and
instead
spends
the
first
paragraph
of
his
piece
praising
how
expertly
the
footnotes
were
Bluebooked.
Why
not
mention
how
immaculately
ironed
the
SS’s
Hugo
Boss
suits
were
while
we’re
at
it?
Blackman’s
ultimate
criticism
was
that
Damsky
argued
against
the
abolition
of
slavery
and
equal
protection
to
vote
in
the
wrong
parts
of
his
paper.
If
you’re
interested
in
an
adult’s
assessment
of
the
paper,
here’s
Anthony
Michael
Kreis.
His
is
the
best
we
have
to
work
with
considering
Judge
Badalamenti
failed
to
tell
why
he
thought
Dylan
Roof’s
manifesto
in
a
law
school
sweater
deserved
an
award:
Kreis’s
move
to
focus
on
the
actual
players
at
hand
and
not
the
paper
is
the
right
one.
The
New
York
Times
article
mentions
that
Damsky
wants
to
go
on
to
be
a
prosecutor.
He
shouldn’t
be
trusted
to
prosecute
traffic
violations
—
they
disproportionately
target
minorities
enough
as
it
is.
He
snagged
an
internship
that
was
eventually
rescinded
by
Brian
Kramer,
thank
God.
PrawfsBlawg
floats
the
question
of
if
Damsky
should
be
able
to
pass
character
and
fitness
after
submitting
a
manifesto
like
this:
they
point
out
that
a
neo-Nazi
was
denied
admission
to
the
Illinois
bar
in
the
1990s.
Grading
aside,
let’s
be
thankful
that
this
white
supremacist
was
foolish
enough
to
voice
his
thoughts
out
loud.
So
often
people
who
think
like
this
have
enough
tact
to
keep
their
racism
under
wraps
until
they
join
the
force
or
get
sat
somewhere
as
a
judge.
Let’s
hope
more
of
them
come
forward
to
get
rooted
out
quickly.
A
White
Nationalist
Wrote
a
Law
School
Paper
Promoting
Racist
Views.
It
Won
Him
an
Award.
[NYT]
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.