Teachout does indeed hold an academic appointment in law at Fordham University. But many New Yorkers are familiar with her as a political activist and public interest attorney who's leading the anti-corruption litigation against Donald Trump under the Constitution's Emoluments Clause. So what's with using "professor" as a pejorative?
What, she's too smart for the AG job and needs to be kept in the ivory tower, under lock and key? Bill Clinton was elected as attorney general in Arkansas from a professorship at the law school there. Barack Obama had been a law instructor. Archibald Cox, who quit private practice after a few weeks for an academic position, became John Kennedy's solicitor general.
Franklin Square, L.I.: I am sick and tired of people using any violent actions by an immigrant (documented or undocumented) as an argument for building a wall or banning people. What about the man who killed his wife, unborn child and two children? What about the recent shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.? Oh, it's OK because they are white Americans. James Randolph Jr.