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University of Illinois (Chicago) Law Professor Sues Over Exam Controversy

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He is now suing the school over his treatment, including the required participation in sensitivity training and denial of a standard pay increase for faculty. Without communicating with Plaintiff or any other person with firsthand knowledge, the BTAT authorized the law school dean to take the most extreme measures.

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UNC Law Student Who Questioned Racial Incident Is Disqualified From Running For New Office

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The charges are connected to the prior controversy and raise serious free speech and retaliatory concerns at the law school. . Sharma was targeted at UNC Law School because he would not agree that a recent exchange between law students involved a racial insult. First is SBA By-Law 11.2

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Biden’s “Come on, Man” Defense Will Not Fly on Religious Freedom

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The comments reflect a growing call for states and the federal government to reject any religious exemptions for vaccination. Instead, the federal government must show that the burden imposed furthers a “compelling governmental interest” and is “the least restrictive means” of furthering that interest.

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Term limits emerge as popular proposal at latest meeting of court-reform commission

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The key topics included the confirmation process, term limits, transparency and disclosure, expanding the size of the court, and the court’s role in a constitutional government. Commissioners were interested in whether such a change could be effectuated by statute or whether a constitutional amendment would be necessary.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years.

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Protests and “First Amendment Exceptionalism”: A Response to Professor Richard Epstein

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Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. Regrettably, too many First Amendment experts, like George Washington Law School Professor Jonathan Turley , have adopted what I termed a generation ago First Amendment exceptionalism. 10, 17 (1963).

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

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Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. Indeed, public interest groups and the federal government do so regularly, including late-night flights to various cities. state once they are released by the federal government.

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