A Stanford Law dean who sparked fury after challenging a Trump-appointed judge during a protest at the school has broken her silence.
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Tirien Steinbach brags about her behavior and refuses to apologize.
Earlier this month, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan was greeted with placards hanging on the walls of the prestigious university saying he had committed crimes against women, gay, black and transgender people.
He was asked by the student union of the conservative Federalist Society in early March to give a speech about the district’s appeals court at the famed law school, but was snubbed.
Steinbach, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, weighed in during the shouting, but instead of calming the students down, she began lecturing Judge Duncan for six minutes with prepared notes.
Tirien Steinbach broke her silence in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, where she brags about her behavior – and claims she tried to “de-escalate” the incident.
In her first public rebuttal to the incident, Steinbach said she intended to “use de-escalation techniques” as she stepped onto the podium where Judge Duncan was speaking.
She wrote: “My intention was not to confront Judge Duncan or the protesters, but to give the students a voice so they can stop shouting and have a respectful dialogue.
“I wanted Judge Duncan to understand why some students object to his presence on campus, and for students to understand why it’s important that the judge not only be allowed to speak, but be welcome.”
She claims her role was to “observe” and “de-escalate” before boasting that she interfered to end the “verbal sparring match.”
But footage shows her launching into a six-minute speech that she admitted was prepared, in which she also attacked the judge.
Student protesters insulted the judge with vile insults, including saying that his “daughters should be raped” after anger erupted over his verdict in a transgender pedophile case.
Steinbach believes that “free speech is not easy or convenient” and claims that she tried to defuse the situation by “acknowledging the concerns of the protesters”.
She continued, “In my role as associate dean of Stanford Law School for Diversity, Justice and Inclusion, I supported the administration’s decision not to cancel the event or move it to video because it would censor or limit Judge Duncan’s freedom of speech and the students who invited him.
It is unclear whether the students or Steinbach knew the trans woman they were furiously protesting for is a pedophile
She claims her role was to “observe” and “de-escalate” before bragging about stepping in to end the “verbal sparring game.”
Transgender pedophile Norman Varner has been barred by Judge Duncan from changing her name to Kathrine Nicole Jett. His refusal sparked a firestorm of outrage among Stanford Law School students. She is pictured in 2013
“Instead, the administration and I welcomed Judge Duncan to speak while supporting the right of students to protest under university policy.
“As a member of the Stanford Law School board of directors — and as an attorney — I believe we should strive for genuine freedom of speech.
“We need to strive for an environment where we meet speech — even that we strongly disagree with — with more speech, not censorship.”
Stanford confirmed that Steinbach is currently on leave and that the students involved in the woke protest – which was used to defend a convicted pedophile – will not be punished for their actions.
The awakened dean began to wonder how the “anger and fury” of the protesters as “people unhappy with the way things are” could be viewed.
She asked, “Is there a way to stop blaming and start talking and listening to each other?”
Concluding her lengthy op-ed, Steinbach added, “Diversity, equity and inclusion plans need to have clear goals that lead to greater inclusion and belonging for all members of the community.
“How we strike a balance between freedom of expression and diversity, equity and inclusion deserves a serious, thoughtful and civilized discussion.
“Freedom of expression and diversity, justice and inclusion are means to an end and I think many people can agree on this: to live in a country with freedom and justice for all its people.”
Fifth Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, 51, who was appointed by Donald Trump, was asked by the Federalist Society student association last week to give a speech at the famed law school about the district’s Court of Appeals
However, when he arrived at the school, he was met by around 100 students who shouted obscenities at him, including a protester who told him: “We hope your daughters are raped.”
He eventually asked for an administrator when the heckling wouldn’t stop and stepped in, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach. She has since said it was her job to “de-escalate” the situation.
Law School Dean Jenny Martinez and Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavinge days later “formally apologized and acknowledged that protesters and administrators had violated Stanford policy.”
But the students don’t seem to have learned their lesson, as Martinez’s classroom was vandalized by students angry that she had apologized to Duncan on their behalf.
In early March, he was asked by the Federalist Society fraternity to speak at the famous law school about the county’s appeals court.
However, when he arrived at the school, he was met by about 100 students who shouted obscenities at him, including a protester who told him, “We hope your daughters are raped.”
He was warned before he arrived that there could be protesters and the school must allow it, but was assured they were “under control”.
Should there be any disruption, the school would take care of it, he was told, but Duncan said that didn’t happen.
Students held signs reading “Trans Lives Matter” and “FED SUCK”
In a Facebook post, the group labeled the students “fascists” who “dressed in black and formed a mob to ambush Dean Martinez to smear and shame her.”
Photos obtained by The Washington Free Beacon show Dean Martinez’s classroom covered in placards about “freedom of speech” after Judge Duncan received an apology
Judge Duncan wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, “In practice, I have represented clients and made arguments that protesters hate — for example, I have defended traditional Louisiana marriage laws.”
Students stormed into the classroom with signs reading “FED SUCK” and “Trans Lives Matter” to harass him about his court decision on Jett’s case.
Steinbach, stepped in — but instead of reassuring the students, “she insisted that she wanted to speak to all of us,” Duncan said.
“Something felt,” he wrote. “Students started screaming and I reluctantly gave in.
“Mrs. Steinbach then opened a folio, pulled out a stack of printed papers, and gave a six-minute speech asking, ‘Is the juice worth the print?’
Video footage of the event shows the altercation between the associate dean and the judge.
‘Can I tell him something, is that okay?’ Steinbach asked the students before turning to Duncan. ‘Is that in order?’
Duncan repeated that they were “calling him down” and asked for an administrator, leading to the students yelling that it was her.
Steinbach’s head can be seen nodding aggressively, but the students’ screams made it impossible to hear what she was saying to him.
Martinez apologized to Judge Duncan on behalf of the school, saying the incident was not an indication of its free speech policy
Varner had previously been convicted of child exploitation and possession in 2005, but was sentenced to 18 months’ probation by an Indiana court.
“I’d like to help,” she said to Duncan.
‘In what way?’ he answered.
As the students yelled at his “racism showing” and “respecting black women,” the judge finally conceded, saying, “I guess I’ll have to let her.”
She then picked up the lectern and said, “I had to write something down because I’m so uncomfortable up here,” before beginning her six-minute speech.
In her speech, Duncan claimed she called his work “disgusting” and said it “did harm” because it “literally denied the humanity of people.”
She also claimed that his presence on campus put her in a difficult position because her job is to “create a space of belonging for all people.”
The judge was targeted for his 2020 ruling on a transgender pedophile, where he refused to allow her bid to change her name.
may reveal mugshot of Norman Keith Varner, 42, who failed to change her name to Kathrine Nicole Jett, 42, in court filings.
Varner has been convicted twice of possession of child pornography and failing To as a sex offender.
In 2012, Varner pleaded guilty to a count of attempted receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release.
Jenny Martinez, the dean of Stanford Law School, found that her classroom had been vandalized by students upset at the apology
In 2015, while in prison, Varner came out as a transgender woman and began “hormone replacement therapy” shortly after trying to change her last name to Jett in Kentucky.
However, the US Circuit Court of Appeals denied Varner’s appeal to change her conviction records to her new name.
Fifth Circuit Judge Stuart Duncan and others ruled it “unfounded” because the pedophile was known as Norman Varner at the time she committed the child sex abuse offenses.
But her case sparked anger among woke law students from Stanford and Steinbach, who earlier this month sabotaged his speech at the prestigious university.
Varner’s case was widely reported by outlets such as NBC News at the time of the court challenge, including details of her heinous crimes.
That suggests Stanford students knew the magnitude of the crimes she committed — but chose to defend her anyway.
Varner had previously been convicted of child exploitation and possession in 2005, but was sentenced to 18 months’ probation by an Indiana court.
She was then arrested in 2010 for failing To as a sex offender, in the late 1990s for multiple court appearances and a suspended sentence for fraud and bad checks.
Court documents obtained by show that between April 2010 and June 2010, Varner attempted to receive child pornography on a Compaq computer.
The pedophile owned a nearly two-minute video showing a “prepubescent woman” and a “naked underage man.”