Pat Robertson: Flippin’ Out

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Remember Regent Law, the school founded by Pat Robertson to bring the will of the Almighty to the legal profession? While half of the school’s early graduates flunked the bar on the first go-around, Regent has sent a number of its alumni to the Bush administration, including, most famously, former DOJ staffer Monica Goodling. One Regent student who’s not likely to get a White House placement any time soon is Adam Key, who’s been threatened with expulsion for posting on his Facebook page a YouTube video of the school’s founder, well, flippin’ the bird during a TV interview. Apparently the will of the Almighty is that the First Amendment doesn’t protect those making fun of Pat Robertson.

Here’s the offending video.

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