JonathanTurley

APRIL 3, 2025

At the University of Rhode Island, professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw nothing wrong with such acts of violence. The University of Rhode Island was so appalled by his apparent support for political violence that it made him Director of Graduate Studies of History.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The only evidence of Weiss’s intent that the Court is aware of comes from Weiss’s interview with law enforcement, in which he admitted to having an intent to harass the Senator, rather than to threaten him. Even law professors are now engaging in such reckless rhetoric. Coalition of Life Activists (9th Cir. See Fogel v.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2023

Former CUNY law dean Mary Lu Bilek even insisted that disrupting a speech on free speech was free speech. University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. She might want to practice survival skills without the machete.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 28, 2023

The most analogous case is that of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Yet, those extreme statements from the left are rarely subject to cancel campaigns or university actions.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 7, 2024

Cotton posted a “hmmm” note that simply read: “Sending in the troops to help restore law and order…” His point was that, roughly four years ago, that the newspaper publicly denounced him after running his opinion piece calling for the use of national guard troops to quell violent riots in Washington.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 20, 2022

Indeed, professors have been making analogous statements for years without investigation, let alone criminal charges. Officials then moved under “Red Flag” laws to seize four rifles and three handguns. That would seem to convert the hate crime law into a hate speech law. Yet, he pleaded guilty to a hate crime.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 21, 2023

University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

It is the same mentality that has led members of Congress, law professors, and others to demand the expansion or restriction of the Supreme Court because it now has a conservative majority. Liberal justices like the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Stephen Breyer has opposed such efforts as inimical to the rule of law.

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