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Fired High School Coach Sues Massachusetts School In Free Speech Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

There have been a variety of reported conflicts in school districts over curriculum changes and materials addressing racism, including the recent controversy in New York where white families were asked to chose between such “white identities” as “white supremacist” and “white traitor.”

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The Maine Event That Wasn’t: Bellows Fails Again to Force a Ruling on Disqualification

JonathanTurley

With other states like Massachusetts ruling this week against disqualification , Colorado will remain the outlier as the only state supreme court willing to embrace this dangerous and anti-democratic theory. Courts in ultra liberal states like Massachusetts and Michigan have ruled against disqualification.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. First, let’s look at the law. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law.

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Happy Anniversary, Wyoming: Celebrating the Attraction of Freedom

JonathanTurley

Not Massachusetts. Today is the anniversary of Wyoming becoming the first territory or state to grant women the right to vote on December 10, 1869. Not Pennsylvania. Not New York. The reason for the decision is hotly debated and I would have preferred simply a frontier appreciation for freedom.

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Showdown at TJ: How a Virginia High School Became The Latest Battleground Over Racial Discrimination

JonathanTurley

Even the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seemed to yield to this movement during the pandemic by dropping the use of standardized testing requirements. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanTurley.

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Three Martha Vineyard Migrants File Lawsuit Against DeSantis

JonathanTurley

The consent form – available in English and Spanish – states: “I agree to hold the benefactor or its designed representatives harmless of all liability arising out of or in any way relating to any injuries and damages that may occur during the agreed transport to locations outside of Texas until the final destination in Massachusetts.”

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Term limits emerge as popular proposal at latest meeting of court-reform commission

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Commissioner David Strauss, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, mentioned that one thing he sees as an “unhealthy relationship” is that each nominee is given a “team” during Senate confirmation hearings. An 18-year term limit would mean a new justice every two years – or two appointments per presidency.

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