Pro-Palestinian protests drive federal judge boycotts against universities

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Thirteen federal judges announced Monday they would cease hiring law clerks from Columbia University after school administrators permitted a pro-Palestinian encampment on its lawn and allowed the “virulent spread of antisemitism” on campus.

“Considering recent events, and absent extraordinary change, we will not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community — whether as undergraduates or law students — beginning with the entering class of 2024,” the judges said, according to the joint letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.

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