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Not surprisingly, Georgetown's Dean William Treanor took the cowardly way out. Rather than owning up to Georgetown's error, Treanor ended the punishment based on a finding that because the tweet took place pre-employment, it was not properly the subject of discipline. Treanor repeated the absurd claim that the tweet could be construed "to disparage any Black woman the President might nominate," and Treanor left open the issue that had the tweet taken place during employment, it could have been the subject of discipline. This is a winning day for Ilya Shapiro, but it is another losing day for freedom of expression on campuses.