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Connecticut High School Student Arrested For Posting Racist Slur

JonathanTurley

Both of those concerns seem to have coalesced in the arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a classmate. The Connecticut arrest comes as the U.S. The case could present an important court test for this country in resisting the criminalization of speech that we have seen in Europe.

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

Petitioners Neal Bissonnette and Tyler Wojnarowski owned the rights to distribute Flowers products in certain parts of Connecticut. Pursuant to the FAA, arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.”

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Eminently Overdue: The Supreme Court Considers New York Case That Could Overturn the Infamous Kelo Decision

JonathanTurley

Many of us expressed outrage at the actions of the city leaders of New London, Connecticut , when they used eminent domain to seize the property of citizens against their will to give it to the Pfizer corporation. The Court should grant review in B owers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency precisely for that purpose.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

” The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, as well as Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, and Washington D.C., Oral arguments will be held on April 19, 2023.

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IN Sen Mike Braun Takes Principled Stand Against Interracial Marriage, Before Remembering Bigotry Is Bad Actually

Above The Law

The post IN Sen Mike Braun Takes Principled Stand Against Interracial Marriage, Before Remembering Bigotry Is Bad Actually appeared first on Above the Law. States' rights? Where have we heard that one before?

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“I’m Holding Myself Accountable”: California Teacher Cancels Herself As A White Person Teaching Spanish

JonathanTurley

Bridges’ testimonial on Instagram was picked up by a couple conservative sites after she participated in a conference at Southern Connecticut State University’s “Virtual Women’s and Gender Studies Conference” in April.

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Can Universities Offer Faculty Race-Based Benefits in Seeking Tenure?

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting controversy brewing at Central Connecticut State University where faculty are being offered funding to assist them in securing tenure. However, CCSU is limiting access to such support to “members of minority and other protected groups.”