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Man shot by Kyle Rittenhouse files suit alleging law enforcement conspired with shooter

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During one night of protests, Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois native, came to the town armed with a semi-automatic rifle. He is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Blake, a Black man, was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha police officer, which led to protests for racial justice in the town.

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Former ISU Football Coach Sues After Being Allegedly Fired Over the Replacement of a BLM Poster on his Door

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A former Illinois State University (ISU) assistant football coach, Kurt Beathard, has sued IS head coach and the school’s former athletic director. There is a new free speech case filed against a university this month. ” Beathard’s sign is not on its face an act of harassment or discrimination.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. City of New York v. Minnesota v.

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