Category: Legal News

Just Setting Up My Twttr [Chumps]: Jack Dorsey Reportedly Selling His First Tweet There is a report that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling…

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Baltimore Student Who Failed All But Three Classes In Four Years Was Ranked In Top Half Of His Class As teacher unions fight to…

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LA Teacher’s Union Under Fire For Effort To Racially Classify Critics United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is under fire after Maryam Qudrat, a mother…

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Behold Your Afghan Air Fleet: How U.S. Paid 9 Million For Defective Cargo Planes and Then Sold Them For ,257 Of Scrap Metal If…

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“It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Cheesy”: Police Cite “Cheeto Dust” In Identification For Oklahoma Burglary Suspect We often discuss criminal and civil cases that take…

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Pacific University Professor Suspended After Sharing Story About Drag Bar In New Orleans Pacific University is the latest focus of an intense struggle over…

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A Golden Calf Lawsuit? Controversy Erupts Over Doctored Photo of Republicans Praying At Trump Statue A picture has been circulating on the Internet among…

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Boston Suspends Advanced and Gifted Programs Over “Equity” Concerns We recently discussed the condemnation of meritocracy in education as racist by one of the…

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Sweden Moves To Protect Academic Freedom After Professor Quits Covid Research Due To Harassment We have been discussing erosion of free speech and academic…

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Students and Alumni At Mount St. Mary’s University Demand The Firing Of Professor Who Attended Trump Rally There is a campaign to fire Professor…

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Mob Justice May Be Poetic Justice, But Cuomo Deserves Due Process Below is my column in the Hill on the struggles of many in…

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Flipping The Byrd: Democrats Demand The Firing Of The Senate Parliamentarian After The Minimum Wage Hike Is Deemed Out of Order Democratic members this…

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The Limits of Multitasking: California Surgeon Facing Review After Appearing For Trial While Doing Surgery I have taught medical malpractice as part of my…

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Giving Thanks: Buy Coffee or Lunch For A Police Officer This Year By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor I thought I would make a suggestion…

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Amazon Under Fire For Blocking An Anti-Transgender Book We often discuss the deafening silence of professors and writers in the face of campaigns to…

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SUNY Suspends Student For Posting Views On Biological Gender There could be a significant First Amendment case brewing in New York after the School…

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“Not All TV News Sources Are The Same”: Congress And The Slippery Slope Of Censorship Below is my column in the Hill on yesterday’s…

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“Dumb**s Snitch”: Washington Post Reporter Attacked For Undermining The Nomination Of Neera Tanden Seung Min Kim, a White House correspondent for The Washington Post,…

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Smith College Under Fire For Treatment Of Employees After Disproven Bias Incident Smith College and its President Kathleen McCartney are under fire for its…

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“It All Meant Something. Until It Didn’t”: A Response To Rep. Anna Eshoo I testified yesterday on possible private and public limitations on free…

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St. Joseph’s University Professor Suspended For Criticism Of Reparations On Social Media We have been discussing disciplinary measures taken against faculty who engage in…

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Turley Testifies On Free Speech and The Free Press In House Hearing I have the honor of testifying this afternoon before the Subcommittee on…

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Portman’s Principled Stand: A Response To The Cincinnati Enquirer Below is my column in the Cincinnati Enquirer in response to a column criticizing Sen.…

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Looney Tunes: Supreme Leader Issues Fatwa To Require Cartoon Women To Wear Hijabs Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly issued a fatwa to deal…

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Chicago Faces 135% Increase In Carjackings . . . So Legislator Seeks To Ban “Grand Theft Auto” My home city of Chicago continues to…

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“A Date Which Will Live In Infamy”: The Other Scandal From The Capitol Riot Below is my column in the Hill on the lingering…

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On Thin Ice? De Blasio Reverses Closures of Trump-Operated Ice Skating Rinks We recently discussed the legal and political implications of the effort by…

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“The Dirty Dozen”: University of British Columbia Professor Fired After Doxxing Students Who Dropped Her Class We often follow controversies at universities over free…

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“Trump Has Been Impeached From Operating The Ice Rink”: De Blasio’s Cancelation of Trump Concession Contracts Raises Questions Of Political Retaliation Mayor Bill di…

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Nunes Defamation Case Against CNN Dismissed On Procedural Challenge   The $435 million defamation lawsuit brought against CNN by Devin Nunes (R., CA), has…

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“A Desire That They Suffered Until Their Last Breath”: Alabama Professor Under Fire For Hateful Comments Following Rush Limbaugh’s Death Professor Sarah Parcak of…

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Want To Prosecute Trump? It Will Require Proof Not Politics For A Viable Case Below is my column in USA Today on the calls…

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The Unpardoning Option? Duquesne President Issues Controversial Conditions For The Reinstatement Of Professor Who Used N-Word In Class We just discussed the case of…

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Fired High School Coach Sues Massachusetts School In Free Speech Lawsuit There have been a variety of reported conflicts in school districts over curriculum…

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John Marshall Law Professor Under Fire For Use Of Censored Version Of The “N Word” on Exam Jason Kilborn is a professor at John…

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Lincoln Project Scandals Highlight The Role Of Lawyers As Donors The Lincoln Project is facing rising allegations of ignoring sexual harassment claims against co-founder…

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New Comey Email Raises Additional Questions About His Use and Defense of The Steele Dossier There is a new and intriguing document related to…

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“This Is About White Supremacy And Colonization”: Teacher Group Calls For Shakespeare To Be Removed From Reading Lists While the House managers were quoting…

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Mutual Destruction: How Trump’s Trial Became A Tale Of Constitutional Noir Below is my column in the Hill on second Trump trial and how…

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A Return To Rage: Schumer and Pelosi Attack Members Who Voted To Acquit As Political Cowards and Shills There was a palpable sense of…

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“We’ve Heard From Enough Witnesses”: Democrats Oppose Calling Witnesses While Schumer Leaves It To The House Managers Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced yesterday…

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Did The Democrats “Tank” The Second Trump Trial? Below is my column in USA Today on the lack of a strategy by the House…

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With Charity For Some? Lincoln Project Faces Questions Over The Spending And Compensation The Lincoln Project has had a rough couple of weeks.  One…

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The Withdrawal Of The Words Of The House Managers Has “Much To Do” With Their Case At the end of its first day of…

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“Fair Is Foul, And Foul Is Fair”: The Trump Trial Turns Into Shakespearean Tragedy It seems that Shakespeare is the rage in the second…

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Reckless Rhetoric Is A Reckless Standard For An Impeachment Trial Below is my column in the Hill on how the second Trump impeachment could…

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The Belknap Margin: The Senate Decision Shows Not Much Has Changed Since 1876 When the House moved to impeach President Donald Trump for a…

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My “Recent” Position Of 21 Years Ago: House Democrats Cite 1992 Duke Piece in Support Of Impeachment Recently, I wrote about how Laurence Tribe…

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Modus or Media Operandi? CNN Runs Statement Of Anonymous “Senior Aide” Who Said Trump Loved Watching The Riot We recently discussed how House managers…

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Thank You For Shoveling My Driveway . . . You Nazi? LA Times Runs Bizarre Column Revealing Liberal Angst And Anger A Los Angeles Times…

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“The First Amendment Does Not Apply”: A Response To The Letter Of Scholars In Rejecting Trump Arguments Under The First Amendment “The First Amendment…

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Why Has Trump Not Been Charged With Criminal Incitement? Below is my column in The Hill on the news that Donald Trump will not…

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“We Cannot Mince Words”: San Francisco Education Official Denounces Meritocracy As Racist Alison Collins, the Vice President of the San Francisco Board of Education,…

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West Virginia Woman Given Additional Year In Prison For Faking Her Death After Health Care Fraud Conviction There is a bizarre case out of…

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A Question Of Intent: How The Trump Trial Is Designed To Enrage But Not Convict Below is my column in the Hill on the…

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The Return Of Marc Elias: The Lawyer Implicated In The Clinton Dossier Scandal Is Back In The News It appears that Marc E. Elias…

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Raskin: Trump’s Decision Not To Testify May Be Cited As Evidence Of His Guilt Over the last four years, we have seen an alarming…

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YouTube Censors Senate Testimony From Doctor On Possible Covid Drug We have have been discussing how writers, editors, commentators, and academics have embraced rising calls for censorship and speech…

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Rep. Waters: Trump Needs To Be Charged With Premeditated Murder Over the last four years, there has been a type of race by politicians…

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Newsmax Meltdown: Host Leaves Set As “My Pillow” CEO Lindell Continues To Argue Election Fraud We have previously discussed the unhinged and unsupported claims…

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The NYU Study: The Claim Of Anti-Conservative Bias In Social Media Is Unfounded But Inconclusive? There has been much press about the  New York…

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“A Harm Reduction Model”: CNN’s Brian Stelter Offers A Perfectly Orwellian Attack On Free Speech And Freedom Of The Press We have seen in…

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“More Of This Please”: Professor Calls For The Death of Trump Supporters An Australian professor of “moral psychology” used Twitter to call for the…

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Senate Is Playing A Dangerous Game With The 14th Amendment Below is my column in the Hill on the new push to bar former…

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“A Predator, A Liar, And An Abuser”: The Lincoln Project Attacks Co-Founder in Latest Defamation Controversy This weekend, we discussed the public threats by…

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“Refuse At Your Peril”: Does The Lincoln Project Have A Credible Defamation Case Against Giuliani? As someone who has taught defamation torts for thirty…

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“Republicans Need To Suffer”: Drake Professor Triggers Free Speech Debate With Hateful Tweets Against Men and Conservatives There is a free speech debate at…

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Why Hasn’t The House Held Hearings To Establish “Incitement To Insurrection”? We recently discussed how the Senate will have to decide whether to call…

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Ruling On The Record: The Senate’s Looming Prudential Questions Could Weigh Heavily With Members On Witnesses and Conviction Below is my column in the…

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Impeachment in the Age of Trump: Laurence Tribe’s Evolving Views Of Impeachable Conduct Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe was on CNN last night reassuring viewers…

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Warrens Calls Reporter’s Concerns Over A Wealth Tax As A “Bluff” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) was back on the airways this week touting…

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“Stand Up For Justice”: PETA Denounces Animal Insults As “Supremacist” and “Speciesist” We have previously discussed curious campaigns by People for the Ethical Treatment…

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Pelosi Declares That The “Enemy Is Within The House of Representatives” In Call For More Security House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been attacking Republicans…

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Democrats Introduce Senate Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and other Democratic senators are introducing a bill for D.C.…

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Federal Court Blocks Biden Executive Order On Deportations Under the Same Law Used Against Trump During the Trump Administration, Democratic Attorneys General used the…

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“Sua Sponte”: Critics and Veterans Slam Media Attack On Sen. Cotton’s Service Claims There is an ongoing controversy triggered by an article in Salon…

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“Dead Letter”: Almost Half Of The Senate Votes In Support Of Motion Challenging The Constitutionality Of A Second Trump Trial In a critical vote…

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Twitter Summons “The Birdwatchers” In Expanding Campaign Against “Misinformation” With much fanfare (and catchy background music) Twitter has launched the Birdwatch program, a platform…

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Impeachment Mania Hits Universities: Students Are Facing Trials Or Removals Over Political Views In his dissent in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438…

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Do The Democrats Really Want Unity? Below is my column in the Hill on the increasingly divisive rhetoric and actions taken on Capitol Hill.…

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