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Former ISU Football Coach Sues After Being Allegedly Fired Over the Replacement of a BLM Poster on his Door

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Documents and depositions will indicate whether the signage controversy was the impetus for the termination rather than the performance of the offense on the field. This could force a jury to delve into the relative strength of the offense to address the allegations of a pretextual termination. This is why discovery is so key in these cases.

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One Year Later: Unanswered Questions from the Capitol Attack

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The Capitol riot continues in statehouses across the country, in a bloodless, legalized form that no police officer can arrest and that no prosecutor can try in court,” said a New York Times editorial this week. Moore is seeking punitive damages in excess of $75,000 against Trump, as well as additional costs. Taking No Chances’.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers.

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