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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

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Phillips posted a side image of Holden at a game of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Las Vegas Raiders, showing his face painted black. The writer has long been controversial, but Deadspin retained him. It could now come at a high cost, but the defamation action will face challenges. ” Phillips went into full attack mode.

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Rutgers Professor and Law Student Under Fire for Reading Racial Slur From Judicial Opinion

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.” We have been discussing professors who have been investigated or sanctioned for the use of the “n-word” in classes or tests at Georgetown , Duquesne , John Marshall , Augsberg , Chicago , DePaul , Princeton , Kansas , and other schools. There were also recent incidents at Wake Forest and Emory. That does not make them racists.

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The Supreme Court Fails To End The Feres Doctrine. Now It Is Up To Congress

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I have been a vocal critic of Feres for decades and wrote a three-part study of the military legal system 20 years ago that detailed how this doctrine began in 1950 with a clearly erroneous reading of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). Tort liability does not simply make victims whole but encourages others to take precautions.

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