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Will Eliminating Standard Tests Really Reduce Racial Disparities In Education?

JonathanTurley

Some have called for the change to increase diversity in the schools, particularly after California voters refused to change the long ban on affirmative action in education under state law. Here is the column: The Supreme Court will decide early next month whether to take a new case on the use of race in college admissions.

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Hochul’s Circular Firing Squad: Federal Court Rules Against New York’s Gun Law

JonathanTurley

As expected , he preserved the limits for public or private educational facilities, polling places, government administrative buildings, permitted special events, and public meeting places. Suddaby barred the limits on carrying guns in recreational settings, areas where alcoholic beverages are consumed, and other venues.

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Federal Court Rules in Favor of UNT Professor Fired for Criticizing Microaggression Policy

JonathanTurley

It is hardly a proud moment for our profession, but these lawsuits are needed to impose costs on universities in refusing to protect the core free speech and academic freedom principles that are the foundation for higher education. Here is the opinion: North Texas Lawsuit.

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Federal Court Rules Against SUNY-Binghamton in Important Free Speech Challenge

JonathanTurley

It is the antithesis of free speech and the failure of schools to protect the exercise of free speech is the antithesis of higher education. This is why the ruling in New York is so important. Waldron insisted that shutting down speakers through heckling is a form of free speech. I disagree.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor of UNC in Use of Race in Admissions

JonathanTurley

Biggs said that it was not necessary for UNC to define the term critical mass beyond the desire for the educational benefits of a diverse student body. ” The case will now go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down California’s Donor Disclosure Law

JonathanTurley

In the final decision of the Supreme Court before its summer break, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered a major ruling striking down the California law requiring the disclosure of donors for charities. An array of groups opposed the state law from the ACLU to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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Stern Rebuke: Auburn University Hit With Punitive Damages in Free Speech Case

JonathanTurley

Professor Stern went public with his view that the university was using the College of Liberal Arts’ Public Administration major to offer athletes an easy education, particularly as part of the school’s famed football program. Stern’s emails were quoted in Wall Street Journal and Chronicle of Higher Education articles.