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Crimson Tide: A New Study Shows the Continued Decline of Free Speech on Campuses

JonathanTurley

Other schools at the bottom of the list include the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, the University of South Carolina and Fordham University. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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“Vote Reparations”: Law Professor Calls For The Votes of Black Americans To Count Twice

JonathanTurley

Brandon Hasbrouck is an assistant professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has written an article in The Nation calling for a new form of reparations based on voting. the outcomes in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were worryingly close.”.

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“A Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or Perhaps Both”: ACLU Opposes Transparency Law on Educational Materials

JonathanTurley

I understand the the impetus of this law was opposition to racially divisive materials, including Critical Race Theory (CRT) material. This brings us back to the model law. The laws passed in states l ike Pennsylvania are not CRT prohibitions but required posting of teaching materials, syllabi, and scholastic achievement scores online.

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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

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The announcement fulfilled a campaign promise by the president, who last fall proposed the idea of a commission after he declined to endorse efforts by liberals to expand the Supreme Court – efforts that Justice Stephen Breyer criticized in a speech on Tuesday at Harvard Law School. Elise Boddie, professor of law and Judge Robert L.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years.

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The GW Commencement Controversy: A Response To Rep. Susan Wild

JonathanTurley

This weekend, I was unable to attend our law school graduation after traveling to Utah to speak to the Federal Bar Association. Susan Wild (D) who represents the 7th District in Pennsylvania and is a distinguished graduate of our law school. I have only missed a couple of graduation in almost 30 years of teaching.

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Ballot Cleansing: Democrats are Moving to Bar Republicans from Ballots Nationwide

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: As the decisions disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election work their way through the courts, a new filing in Pennsylvania seeks the same “ballot cleansing” by barring Republican Rep. The filing against Perry came the same day Pennsylvania Democratic state Sen. Scott Perry.

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