I've read countless legal briefs from racial segregationists and literal white supremacists but I don't I've never seen anything quite as sneeringly stupid as this.
"Faculty hiring at American universities is a cesspool of corruption and lawlessness." This has to rank as one of the stupidest opening lines of a legal document in the history of the American judiciary.
Seems like this graph in WaPo should have gone earlier:
"The suit includes plaintiffs that it says could be applicants for jobs at any number of universities, which ... gives them standing to sue “any university we want.” None of the professors mentioned in the complaint were aware of the lawsuit."
It's not even supposed to BE a legal brief
If I were a judge, I'd make lawyers, out loud & in open court, read Fed. Rule of Civil Pro. 8(a), which requires a complaint to contain "a short and plain statement of the claim," & ask them if they think they complied.
Other than that, I'd be a pussycat
OK, so the worst rants I've ever heard from collegues who didn't get the grant/position/whatever barely reaches half-way of that first paragraph (don't plan to read further). And that has been in bars, over significant alcohol, right after the decision.
