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Josh Hammer

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large And Host,
"The Josh Hammer Show"

In late March, a wayward judge in California recommended that John Eastman be stripped of his law license in the Golden State. Eastman will appeal, but this ruling nonetheless followed a shocking string of humiliations and cancelations foisted on Eastman since his fateful legal representation of the 45th president in those fraught months following the 2020 presidential election. Eastman has also had his phone seized by federal agents, been de-banked by multiple financial institutions, been forced to retire from the California law school where he was formerly dean, lost a separate visiting scholarship in Colorado, is now being criminally prosecuted in Georgia, and much more. But for the Left, this isn't really about Eastman—they're coming after the legal profession as a whole. For details on this sad saga and what it says about the state of the modern Left, read my most recent column.

In our most recent episode of "The Josh Hammer Show" for our radio affiliates and podcast audience, I opened with a fiery monologue on Eastman's trials and tribulations and the Left's broader war on the legal profession, explained why the Biden administration purports to be so aggravated by last week's accidental Israel Defense Forces strike of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, unpacked the Florida Supreme Court's recent big moves on abortion, and much more. In another episode released just this morning, I was also joined by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost for a wide-ranging conversation about former President Donald Trump's immunity case now pending before SCOTUS, how red-state attorneys general are keeping the Biden administration in line, Ohio's fight to defend children from the predations of transgender activists, and more. You can listen to all episodes of "The Josh Hammer Show" at the Newsweek website, on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Final reminder: I will be participating in what should be a spirited two-on-two debate, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, in Cambridge, Massachusetts , tomorrow, April 11! We will be debating the proper moral and legal limitations of campus speech—especially in light of the Hamas slaughter of Oct. 7, 2023. You can still register for the debate (in-person or online) right here. Additionally, for those of you who live in the New York area, I will also be at City Winery in New York City next Wednesday, April 17, for a Tangle News-hosted conversation about the 2024 presidential election! It should be a lot of fun—I'll be one of three panelists discussing all things 2024 election-related. You can get your VIP tickets right here from the City Winery site.

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Our additional highlighted Newsweek op-eds from the past week include selections from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Justin Haskins, Arsen Ostrovsky and John Spencer, Paul du Quenoy, and Carlos Roa.

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Spotlight

John Eastman and the Left's War on the Legal Profession

John Eastman is a lawyer, legal scholar, and a friend. I got to know John—a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, candidate for California attorney general, and dean of Chapman University School of Law—during my week-long 2018 legal fellowship with the Claremont Institute, which he oversaw. We have stayed in touch and done at least one event together for Claremont since that time.

Unfortunately, since the 2020 presidential election, John has been put through the wringer more than just about anyone in American public life.

He was forced to retire from the law school where he was a longtime constitutional law professor and even dean. He was let go by the University of Colorado's Benson Center for Western Civilization, where he was a visiting scholar. Armed Stasi—sorry, FBI—agents accosted him in a parking lot and seized his phone without a warrant. He has been suspended from academic conferences and lost board seats. He and his wife have endured death threats, spikes in their driveway, and threatening graffiti in their neighborhood. He has been debanked by Bank of America and the USAA. He is being criminally prosecuted by scandal-ridden Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis. And last week, State Bar Court of California Judge Yvette Roland devoted 128 pages to explaining why he should lose his law license.

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