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UNC Law Student Who Questioned Racial Incident Is Disqualified From Running For New Office

JonathanTurley

The charges are connected to the prior controversy and raise serious free speech and retaliatory concerns at the law school. . Sharma was targeted at UNC Law School because he would not agree that a recent exchange between law students involved a racial insult. So the question is whether it is disparaging.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. In the Civil Rights Cases , he attacked the idea that Black people had been special favorites of the law. Harlan’s dissent proved influential in changing the constitutional law of the nation. I corresponded with Canellos about his book. The back story.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Newsom said that if states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts by parceling enforcement out to private lawsuits, then “California will use that authority to protect people’s lives, where Texas used it to put women in harm’s way.”. If written as Newsom described, the law would be dead-on-arrival.

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Gagging Donald Trump: Why Smith’s “Narrowly Tailored Motion” is a Neither Narrow Nor Wise

JonathanTurley

This was not some manufactured claim to allow him to poison a jury pool. There may be a judicial argument for gagging Trump, but it raises serious constitutional concerns. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Is it really worth the cost?

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Will You Survive? How Trump’s Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career”

The Estrin Report

These appointments are already influencing rulings on key areas, including administrative law, corporate litigation, and constitutional law. Trump has expanded attacks to include law schools and firms that support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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