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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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The Supreme Court Fails To End The Feres Doctrine. Now It Is Up To Congress

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the Supreme Court’s rejection of the case of a former West Point cadet who was barred from suing over the handling of her alleged rape. The case would have allowed a reconsideration of the Feres Doctrine, one of the most damaging and pernicious doctrines ever created by the Supreme Court.

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