The University of Florida suspended a law student after he wrote on social media that Jews must be “abolished by any means necessary,” but only after that same law student won an award from his professor for a paper he wrote arguing the Constitution is meant to only be applied to white people.
According to The New York Times, Preston Damsky took a class last fall on “originalism,” the legal theory that the Constitution should be interpreted on its meaning when it was first adopted. The class was taught by a judge appointed by President Donald Trump, John L. Badalamenti.
Damsky wrote a paper which argued “We the People” should only be applied to white people, and non-white people shouldn’t have voting rights. Badalamenti awarded Damsky the “book award” for the paper. Then in March, after Damsky wrote antisemitic posts on social media, the university suspended him and banned him from campus.
According to the Times, the social media posts said that Jews should be “abolished by any means necessary,” that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were “controlled by Jews,” and that Guatemalan undocumented immigrants should be “done away with by any means necessary.”
A University of Florida spokesperson told HuffPost on Sunday that the school “can’t comment” on any student disciplinary actions. Badalamenti did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
