Phi Beta Cons

at NRO have a piece on speech codes in the LA community college system. It reminds me of a gem, the Confidential Review Committee, at my alma mater during my first year of law school twenty years ago. The CRC was composed of representatives of every conceivable group that might have an axe to grind with a Southern good 'ole boy and its jurisidiction included matters of sexual propriety, harassment, and even attack. I was appalled that amateurs were taking it upon themselves to pass judgment on alleged criminal behavior--functions that society assigns to the police, the local commonwealth's attorney, and the courts. Thankfully, the school quietly abandoned this exercise in Star Chamber justice.