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Georgetown University Law lecturer Ilya Shapiro resigned Monday after criticism of how President Biden chose his Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown-Jackson went viral on Twitter, and took to the Wall Street Journal opinion section to explain his departure.

"The university didn’t fire me, but it yielded to the progressive mob, abandoned free speech, and created a hostile environment," Shapiro wrote in the Journal.

According to the op-ed, the Georgetown University Law Center reinstated Shapiro last Thursday, citing he did not violate the institution's Speech and Expression Policy since he was not a university employee when he shared the tweet. But Shapiro elected to resign shortly after. He cited a report he received from the university's Office of Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action (IDEAA) and said remaining in the position was "untenable."

"Dean William Treanor cleared me on the technicality that I wasn’t an employee when I tweeted, but the IDEAA implicitly repealed Georgetown’s Speech and Expression Policy and set me up for discipline the next time I transgress progressive orthodoxy," he said. 

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"Washington, D.C., USA - April 9, 2012. Healy Hall with the statue of Georgetown University founder John Carroll in front and some people walking in background. Georgetown University is a top-ranking private university in the United States.  (iStock)

"Instead of participating in that slow-motion firing, I’m resigning," he added.

Shapiro went on to slam IDEAA's