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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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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 writer has long been controversial, but Deadspin retained him. It could now come at a high cost, but the defamation action will face challenges. ” Phillips went into full attack mode.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

By contrast, the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, as well as Kansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Rhode Island, use a subjective standard, requiring proof that the speaker intended the statement as a threat. apply versions of an objective standard that focuses on how reasonable people would interpret the speaker’s words.

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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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Rutgers Professor and Law Student Under Fire for Reading Racial Slur From Judicial Opinion

JonathanTurley

.” We have been discussing professors who have been investigated or sanctioned for the use of the “n-word” in classes or tests at Georgetown , Duquesne , John Marshall , Augsberg , Chicago , DePaul , Princeton , Kansas , and other schools. There were also recent incidents at Wake Forest and Emory.

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

JonathanTurley

Courts in Arizona , Kansas and Texas have also ruled against these laws. Thus, Arkansas seeks not only to avoid contracting with companies that refuse to do business with Israel. It also seeks to avoid contracting with anyone who supports or promotes such activity. There are good-faith objections to the BDS movement.

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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. Wade , Kansas is one of only a few states that provides abortion protections.

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