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There seems to be a pre-existing unhappiness at Georgetown Law that erupted with Shapiro's tweets the spark. "One student floated the idea of defunding the Center for the Constitution.... Another pressed Treanor on why the Center existed at all, given the originalist views of its director, Randy Barnett.“

"Georgetown’s embarrassing capitulation [to the "online outrage"] is antithetical to the tenets of liberal education.... Dean William Treanor has made the wrong decision in authorizing this witch hunt, and every day that it continues is an affront to free speech and fairness at Georgetown," wrote the Foundation for Individual Rights In Education in a statement responding to the suspension.