A white nationalist wrote a law school paper promoting racist views. It won him an award.
He won an academic honor after arguing in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people.
From The Times
June 30, 2025

A University of Florida law student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people.

A brick sign for the Fredric G. Levin College of Law stands on a grassy median with trees in the background, as a person on a bicycle blurs past on the right.

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From there, the situation spiraled. →

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