I'm sure Prof. Vermeule has considerable influence on conservative-leaning students, but whether it's fair to say that he has outsized influence on Harvard Law School, let alone Harvard University, is another matter. I have no inside perspective on what goes on at Harvard or any similar institution, but it's a matter of conventional wisdom that the general tenor of opinion among university faculty and administrators -- at least among those who're outspoken re controversial political and social issues and particularly in elite universities -- is well left of center, and no information that has come to my attention leads me to doubt it.