Stanford dean admits she mishandled students' heckling of speaker

A Stanford dean who was slammed for letting students heckle a conservative federal judge before berating him herself has finally admitted she handled the situation badly.

Tirien Steinbach, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion sparked outrage when she encouraged the class instead of enforcing the school's free speech rules.

Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan by Stanford's Federalist Society to speak, but was greeted with posters saying he had committed crimes against trans people for denying a prisoner's request to change pronouns in 2020.

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