The Blind Sheikh
After endorsing Gary Johnson for President, Cornell Republicans were de-recognized by the New York Federation of College Republicans.
To most conservatives on campus, the Federation’s actions made sense. However, Cornell Republicans leadership was not not too happy about that, and today it was reported by the Cornell Sun that they filed an administrative appeal with the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) for immediate reinstatement in the New York Federation.
According to the Sun report, Cornell Republicans have enlisted the services of an attorney, Ron Kuby J.D. ’83.
The Sun continues:
In his letter, Kuby blamed the Chair of the New York Federation of College Republicans, Eli Nachmany — who he calls a “Trump supporter” working on the Republican candidate’s campaign — for calling an abrupt executive board vote, which resulted in a disregard for free speech protections. Nachmany did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“I write to you to take an appeal from the outrageous violations of my client’s free speech and due process rights perpetrated by Nachmany … when he revoked the credentials of the Cornell Republicans and suspended them as a member of the Federation without notice and in violation of the Federation’s constitution and bylaws,” Kuby wrote in the letter.
Arguing that the federation’s constitution only stipulates support for “conservative” principles and candidates, not specifically Republican ones, Kuby asserted that the federation vote violated the association’s own constitution. He also pointed out that there is no mechanism for expelling college Republican chapters, indicating that the revocation was both hasty and unprecedented.
One strains to understand how this is a free speech issue, but surely with Kuby taking on the case, Cornell Republicans must have something. Kuby is, after all, no amateur lawyer. Here are a few of his past clients:
– The “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel-Rahman – connections to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, terrorist attacks in Egypt leading to over a 1,000 deaths 1993 alone, and another plot to bomb New York City landmarks including the United Nations Building and the Brooklyn Bridge
– El Sayyid Nosair – accused but ultimately acquitted for the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane and later convicted for New York City landmark bombing plot; accusations that Osama Bin Laden and family financed his legal defense
– Dr. Alan Berkman ’67 – convicted of armed robbery and explosives possession and a member of domestic terrorist group Weather Underground
– Yu Kikumura – a member of the Japanese Red Army, a communist militant group, convicted of interstate transport of explosives
Interesting, to say the least.
You’re such a joke, Casey. You in no way, shape, or form represent conservatives on campus, so no, to “most conservatives on campus” the Federation’s actions did not make sense.
And are you supposed to represent conservatives on campus any better? Because there are quite a few of us who do think the CRs had it coming for endorsing a liberal hack like Johnson. The only reason why we’re not more vocal is because entitled, puffed up neocons like you dominate the discussion and push everyone else out. Anyone with a working mind can see that the CRs endorsed Johnson not out of pure conviction but because they’re desperate to disassociate themselves from Trump in order to seem cooler and more relatable to non-Republicans.
Just fyi, he is the best civil rights attorney in the state so it does not matter who he has helped in the past- that’s probably the reason they approached him.