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Ken Starr Fired -- Can Still Teach ConLaw

The other shoe drops: Ken Starr fired.

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Ken Starr firedAs expected by everyone except some disgruntled Texas-based readers — seriously, people wrote me diatribes for suggesting that Baylor should fire Ken Starr over its sexual assault scandal — Baylor has fired Ken Starr over its sexual assault scandal.

More surprising, but only because I earnestly believed football would be king in Texas, they also s**tcanned head coach Art Briles and returned Baylor football to defending the cellar of the Big XII where it belongs. Enjoy Bears! Kansas has missed you.

But unlike Briles, Starr isn’t completely out the door. He will remain a professor at the law school. Per the Board of Regents:

Ken Starr will no longer serve in the role of President of Baylor University effective May 31. David Garland, former dean and professor at Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, will serve as Interim President of Baylor University while the University initiates a search for its next President. Garland previously served as Baylor’s interim President from August 2008 to May 2010. Starr remains the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law in Baylor’s Law School and has agreed in principle to serve as Chancellor on terms that are still being discussed.

An ignominious end to Starr’s career in higher ed administration as another group of lawyers brought his career to an end after a lengthy investigation.

Meanwhile, if you find yourself in his ConLaw class and screw up royally, never fear. There’s a chance he won’t catch it.

Baylor University Board of Regents announces leadership changes and extensive corrective actions following findings of external investigation

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Earlier: Irony Alert: Ken Starr Should Lose His Job For Not Investigating Real Sex Crimes

Joe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.

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