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8th Circuit Shuts Down Unconstitutional Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

LegalReader

District Court for the District of Kansas to stop the student-loan-debt-cancellation plan. NCLA recently filed a separate lawsuit on behalf of its client, the Cato Institute, urging the U.S.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. In NAACP v. Recently, the U.S.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

Phillips posted a side image of Holden at a game of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Las Vegas Raiders, showing his face painted black. The use of the headdress could be treated by a court as opinion since many denounce such images as cultural appropriation. The writer has long been controversial, but Deadspin retained him.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The court acknowledged that “[s]ocial media magnify the potential for a speaker’s innocent words to be misunderstood.”

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Georgetown Professor Under Fire For Reading The “N-Word” In A Class On Free Speech and Racism

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing professors who have been investigated or sanctioned for the use of the “n-word” in classes or tests at Duquesne , John Marshall , Augsberg , Chicago , DePaul , Princeton , Kansas , and other schools. Political Systems” class, and “did not censor the racial epithet.”

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Kansas judge blocks state abortion laws including restrictions on medication

JURIST

A Kansas judge blocked several existing and planned abortion restrictions in the state on Monday including requiring providers to tell patients that abortion medication can be reversed and that abortion is linked to breast cancer, both of which are contested claims. In a 92-page court ruling, Judge K.

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Former Bethany College Student Impanels Her Own “Citizen Grand Jury” After Prosecutors Decline Rape Case

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting case out of Kansas where an alleged rape victim has used a 134-year-old law to seek her own grand jury after prosecutors reached a plea bargain with the alleged attacker. Notably, this attack occurred when the courts were conducting a major review of this law. Davis has met this standard.”

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