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So far we’ve seen Perkins Coie and Williams & Connolly take their stands in court, Rachel Cohen stake her employment at Skadden , and the American Constitution Society call on lawschool deans to take a public stand for the rule of law. Today, the resistance list grew by a bunch of Bar Associations.
The most viral moment comes from a back and forth about DEI and if government agencies receive tax cuts for hiring people of color (they don’t): Sam Seder’s critical thinking chops are presumably heterogeneous, but some of the honing may have come from his time at Boston University School of Law. Go Terriers!
And while it’s nice to see schools take stands for diversity, being on the right side of history usually doesn’t pay the bills quite like falling in line. Lawschools have already begun scrubbing mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from their websites to stay in the federal funding running.
While the word choice here was “determining” and “predicting,” the real concern is seeing how long it takes for the government to punish “acknowledging the mention of race” or some other protected characteristic by proxy. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.
Julianne Moores Freckleface Strawberry And JD Vances Hillbilly Elegy Among Cooks Caught In Defense Department Review [Pen.org] Chris Williams became a socialmediamanager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.
The Court reasoned that the government may have in interest in having people in positions of authority that represent the demographics of the troops that they lead. Chris Williams became a socialmediamanager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.
Before Bruen , we understood there were some arms that the government can regulate — no civilian rocket launchers. After Bruen , a regulating government has to resort to what is effectively mereology. Chris Williams became a socialmediamanager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.
The votes are in and the overwhelming majority of Harvard Law students voted in favor of the school divesting from entities that take part in Israel’s war in Gaza. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.
The Association of American LawSchools recently joined the chorus. … Defiance of court orders by our government is incompatible with our constitutional democracy. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.
Lawschools have been stuck between a rock and the Trump administration when it comes to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion on their campuses. It also didn’t hurt that the ABA required lawschools to foster diversity if they intended to gain or keep their accreditation. Louis School of Law.
Judge Orders LSU To Reinstate Law Professor Sidelined For Political Comments [Lailluminator] Chris Williams became a socialmediamanager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s.
government, threw his support behind a bill that would consolidate antitrust enforcement at the U.S. … If the bill were to pass, the FTC would continue to enforce consumer protection laws. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s.
The Trump administration decided to bypass all of that — “looking criminal” is enough to get you on the wrong side of the law. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s.
And true to form whenever someone dressed up in a suit and polite language wants to speak to students about how curtailing rights is actually a good thing, some lawschool dean is anchoring the platforming in appeals to free speech. Now you might say, Hey, having those discussions in a lawclass room is what free speech is all about!
For everyone in New Jersey’s sake, let’s hope that Habba took Elizabeth de la Vega’s advice and brushed up on Con Law before she starts meddling with her shiny new job responsibilities. Chris Williams became a socialmediamanager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.
In that letter, they called on lawyers to join in and speak out on the rule of law’s behalf and they’re doing so in droves. An open letter by Lawyers For Good Government speaking out against Executive abuses was signed by over 2,100 attorneys. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.
From CNN : One of the things thats troubling so many right now is many of the standards that are being changed were norms that governed officials into what was right and wrong, Sotomayor told an audience at Georgetown University. Once norms are broken then youre shaking some of the foundation of the rule of law, she added.
Attorney General Pam Bondi called for the American Bar Association to immediately repeal its lawschool diversity rule and scrap a planned revision of that standard in a letter to the ABA posted to a socialmedia site on Wednesday by a U.S. law schoolsa position it has held since 1952can be revoked.
Harvard’s divestments have been on the right side of history — a partial divestment from apartheid South Africa in 1986, tobacco stocks in 1990, and functional divestment from fossil fuels in 2021 after years of pushback from their law students. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.
Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts. Law isn’t some abstract force without origin, it arises from a need to regulate and engage with the world as we are confronted with it. It is no surprise that teaching the law lends itself to contemporary relevant events.
And government employees aren’t the only ones facing this purge; bar associations are being investigated for their DEI involvement. Lets See Some Action ABA Council Proposes Language Change To Nix Diversity From LawSchool Considerations ABA Committee Decides To Diversify Diversity. Had a hand in the Trump investigations?
The separation of church and state is usually invoked to argue against the state being turned into a religious outpost, but its reversal should also hold true — the government shouldn’t be able to target places of religious worship to harvest and imprison or deport the undocumented, right?
These precedents establish that the First Amendment prohibits government officials from relying on the threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.
But as you might expect, professors who care about being on the right side of history are doing a much better job of standing on principle than businessmen who are willing to sacrifice the rule of law for their bottom line. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group LawSchool Memes for Edgy T14s.
From the ABA : The American Bar Association condemns recent remarks of high-ranking officials of the administration that appear to question the legitimacy of judicial review and demand impeachment of a judge merely because the court did not agree with the governments position.
There might be some debate over if the right “types” of Christian are filling the ranks, be they Mormon or Catholic, but unless there’s some secret Zoroastrian front calling all of the shots, whatever anti-Christian sentiment happening in the government is likely coming from other Christians squabbling over doctrinal differences.
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