The Academy now needs to figure out what line to draw in the sand regarding Harvey Weinstein and his behavior.
But as mentioned, membership in the Academy has been on a “for life” basis, and the only person ever removed from the Academy was Carmine Caridi, who lost his membership after copies of his Oscar-contending screeners ended up online.
So the Academy has to react.
Caridi was found to be in violation of an existing policy.