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Stanford Apologizes After Clarence Thomas “Off Limits” Claim

8/16/2026

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Justice Clarence Thomas told reporters Stanford Law School is “off limits” to conservatives.
Stanford said it will honor Thomas’s visit and that its Constitutional Law Center, led by Professor Michael McConnell, hosts judges.
Thomas argued students now receive conservative ideas mainly on YouTube because campuses exclude thinkers such as Thomas Sowell.
Dean Jenny Martinez and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne apologized, required training, and said blocking a speaker violates Stanford’s policy.

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Justice Clarence Thomas told reporters Stanford Law School is “off limits” to conservatives.
Stanford said it will honor Thomas’s visit and that its Constitutional Law Center, led by Professor Michael McConnell, hosts judges.
Thomas argued students now receive conservative ideas mainly on YouTube because campuses exclude thinkers such as Thomas Sowell.
Dean Jenny Martinez and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne apologized, required training, and said blocking a speaker violates Stanford’s policy.