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America’s Micro State: Why Congress Should Consider Retrocession Rather Than Statehood

JonathanTurley

Even the smallest state, Rhode Island, is almost 18 times larger than D.C. When you add professional services, like lawyers and lobbyists, that figure goes up to 71 percent. and has 39 cities and towns. Most states not only have larger land masses but more diverse economies. remains largely a one industry town.

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Texas History Professor Fired For Criticizing Mike Pence Files First Amendment Challenge

JonathanTurley

Nevertheless, in the past, I have defended extremist views on academic freedom grounds lie those of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who has defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Loomis also writes for the site “Lawyers, Guns, and Money.”)

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Rhode Island v. New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations.

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AAUP Journal Solicits Papers on Conservative Intolerance on Campuses

JonathanTurley

.” I have personally been in meetings where such claims were made about the relative absence of liberal scholars on faculties and dominance of conservative ideology at law schools. I once heard a law dean note with a straight face that she was pleasantly surprised to meet a liberal constitutional law scholar for a change.