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LSU General Counsel Steps Down To Shift Career Gears

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LSU Reveille has coverage: LSU general counsel Winston DeCuir stepped down from his post last week, according to a copy of his resignation letter the Louisiana Illuminator obtained Thursday. This wasn’t the best time to get involved in protracted legal battles as the school will be on the lookout for a new General Council very soon.

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The LSU Law School Professor Free Speech Hot Potato Saga Continues

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The order from the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal came Thursday, just two days after state district Judge Tarvald Smith late Tuesday night signed off on a preliminary injunction barring LSU from interfering with Professor Ken Levy’s employment.

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Appeal Court Sides With LSU’s Attempt To Keep Law School Professor Out Of The Classroom

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Tenured law school professor Ken Levy of Louisiana State University was suspended from teaching his students because of comments he made about state governor Jeff Landry and President Donald Trump. What do you do when the facts and the law aren’t on your side? Throw money at the problem! And it was crazy enough to work!

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Alina Habba Named Interim U.S. Attorney For New Jersey

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The case was recently moved from Louisiana to New Jersey and Habba’s involvement could soothsay what her involvement (or any other Trump lackies) with political prisoners will look like under this administration. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.

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Law School Platforms Architect Of Project 2025 To Speak On Federalism

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Grad students are getting abducted and shipped to Louisiana over writing op-eds critical of the government and arrested by ICE over leading protests on private campuses. And the backlash isn’t just hitting professors. This lecture has less to do with promoting diversity and more with platforming the architects of its destruction.

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The Attacks On Tenure Could Change How Law Professors Run Their Classrooms

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On November 26th of last year, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry openly called for LSU professor Nick Bryner to be punished for commenting on Trump’s policies and the people who voted for him. Would that be a lecture on the separation of powers or a reason to remove the professor from the classroom?

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Judge To Hear If Green Card Holders Can Be Deported For Disagreeing With American Policy

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He was then taken to a Louisiana detention center. Columbia Anti-Israel Protest Ringleader Mahmoud Khalil Faces Court Hearing On Detention [Fox News] Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. foreign policy is not a crime.