Legal Insurrection readers may recall that shortly after President-Elect Donald Trump emerged as the winner on election night, Scientific American Editor-in-Chief Laura Helmuth lost all sense of professional decorum and scientific objectivity and had herself a spectacular social media meltdown.

In a social media rant, Helmuth raged against Trump supporters, some of whom are likely to be science-curious potential readers of her publication. As a reminder, here is what it looked like:

This is not a good look for someone supposed to have scientific objectivity or professional decorum. Many who read the screed called for her resignation.

Subsequently, Helmuth disavowed the remarks and locked her X.com account. But the damage was done, and now she has resigned.