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The Argument in Carson v. Makin Unexpectedly Turns To Critical Race Theory

JonathanTurley

Almost a dozen states (including Idaho, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Arizona, and North Dakota) have passed legislation to bar CRT and roughly a dozen more are considering such legislation. A coalition of educators and public interest groups has sued states like Oklahoma over such laws.

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Produce over Politics: Whole Foods Fights for Right to Bar Political Advocacy in Workplace

JonathanTurley

NLRB lawyers are arguing that Whole Foods must allow workers to wear “Black Lives Matter” masks at work, suggesting — in effect — that Bezos should start with the worker and work forward by allowing them to advocate for social change. That, of course, could change — the minute an NLRB lawyer shows up wearing a MAGA hat.

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Federal Court Asked to Address 14th Amendment Effort to Bar Trump

JonathanTurley

Katherine Fung, Donald Trump’s Lawyers Get Stretched Even Thinner, NEWSWEEK (Sept. I’m still pursuing decisions in the liberal appellate courts and there’s a full blown trial scheduled for October 20 in New Hampshire and a bench trial in Arizona on October 31.” Henderson, No. 2:23-cv-00617 (D. 27, 2023), ECF No.

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