Remove Connecticut Remove Constitutional Law Remove Misdemeanor Remove Statute
article thumbnail

Connecticut High School Student Arrested For Posting Racist Slur

JonathanTurley

Both of those concerns seem to have coalesced in the arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a classmate. ” The law is similar to the type of vague speech codes that we have addressed on campuses but this is an actual criminal provision under state law. Mosley , 408 U.S.

article thumbnail

August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Supreme Court called the appellate court’s conclusion that there are always reasonable legal alternatives to disobeying constitutional laws “untenable,” and held that “reasonable legal alternatives” must be effective. The court further found that EPCA’s legislative history did not support the plaintiff’s “expansive interpretation.”

Court 40