A group of 13 conservative U.S. federal judges said on Monday that they would not hire law students or undergraduates from Columbia University in response to its handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The judges, all appointees of former U.S. President Donald Trump, called the Manhattan campus an "incubator of bigotry" in a Monday letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester. Federal judges hire law grads annually for year-long clerkships that can lead to prestigious and high-paying legal jobs. The boycott will apply to students who enter Columbia this fall, the judges wrote. The letter called for "serious consequences" for students and faculty who participated in campus disruptions and for the enforcement of free speech rules. The judges who signed Monday's letter were all appointed by Trump, who has praised the New York Police Department's response to the protesters, calling them "raging lunatics and Hamas sympathizers." (Reuters)
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