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Justice Thomas told GW Law he is ‘unavailable’ to teach constitutional law seminar after student outcry

ABA Journal

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t be teaching a constitutional law seminar at the George Washington University Law School after thousands of students asked…

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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case

JonathanTurley

Law schools are also facing controversial mandates. In 2022, the American Bar Association required law schools to “provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism: (1) at the start of the program of legal education, and (2) at least once again before graduation.” and Maurice C.

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Morrison: Time to Give DC Residents A Vote in Congress

JonathanTurley

I recently discussed the Supreme Court’s affirmance of a decision rejecting constitutional arguments that the District of Columbia is entitled to a vote in Congress. I have repeatedly testified and written on the constitutional barriers to such a vote absent statehood. I was delighted when he accepted.

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Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze

LawSites

It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.

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Child 3930: The Implausible and Wonderful Life of Tom Buergenthal

JonathanTurley

Years ago, my medical colleagues at George Washington University were performing cardiac surgery on an elderly law professor when his arm slipped off the table. Tom would make it with his mother to the United States and ultimately studied law, with a J.D. at New York University Law School and his LL.M.

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Happy Plessivus! The New Rage in Separate-but-Equal Celebrations

JonathanTurley

Courts have repeatedly found the Biden administration to be engaging in racial discrimination in such programs. Another court held that the administration engaged in systemic discrimination in implementing COVID-19 relief for restaurants and bars. the high court ruled that “legislative assurances of good intention cannot suffice.”

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Heckler’s Veto: Sixty-Six Percent of College Students Say Stopping Speech Is Free Speech

JonathanTurley

Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll has denounced the “weaponization” of free speech , which appears to be the use of free speech by those on the right. A district court has now ordered Thatcher to pay $17,000 and undergo First Amendment training. you have the right to speak but you also have the right to be shut up.”.

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