Prof. Richard Painter and Dean Emeritus E. Thomas Sullivan Co-Author Commentary in The Contrarian About Characterization of “Insurrection” Occurring in Minneapolis

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, and E. Thomas Sullivan, Dean Emeritus at Minnesota Law, co-authored a commentary in The Contrarian Substack about characterizations that an insurrection is occurring in Minneapolis. They wrote, “The American public is being flooded, mostly through right-wing media and social media, with imaginary insurrection scenarios and speculation about the beginning of a civil war in Minnesota. Elon Musk posted explicitly on X to his 233,000,000 followers that there is an “insurrection” in Minnesota. Nothing could be further from the truth. Minnesota’s conflict with the Trump Administration is real. Protests against the massive deployment of federal ICE agents in Minnesota are peaceful. The issues will be resolved in courtrooms and at the ballot box. Nobody is threatening violent conflict between state law enforcement, or private citizens, and federal officers.”