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GMU Senate has ‘deep concern’ over naming of law school after Scalia

GMU Senate has ‘deep concern’ over naming of law school after Scalia

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(CNSNews.com) — George Mason University's (GMU) Faculty Senate passed a resolution last week expressing its "deep concern" with naming the university's law school after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The resolution, which passed April 27th on a 21-to-13 vote, claimed that renaming the public university's law school after Scalia would reinforce "the external branding of the university as a conservative institution rather than an unaligned body that is a comfortable home for

(CNSNews.com) — George Mason University's (GMU) Faculty Senate passed a resolution last week expressing its "deep concern" with naming the university's law school after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The resolution, which passed April 27th on a 21-to-13 vote, claimed that renaming the public university's law school after Scalia would reinforce "the external branding of the university as a conservative institution rather than an unaligned body that is a comfortable home for…