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Boston University Professor: Second Amendment is Based on “Freedom to Enslave”

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He has also declared that terms like “legal vote” are racist. ” However, this is a historical and constitutional claim that should not go without some factual discussion or response. NPR breathlessly billed its interview as “ Historian Carol Anderson Uncovers The Racist Roots Of The Second Amendment.”.

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The Second Amendment Is About Rifles Not Racism

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Supporting commentary explained how “Anti-Blackness determined the inclusion of the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, and has informed the unequal and racist application of gun laws.”. Slavery was a matter discussed both at the Declaration of Independence and during the Constitutional debates. In his famous 1770 defense of Capt.

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“A Matter Of Public Concern”: Virginia Judge Orders Reinstatement of Teacher Who Criticized Gender Policy

JonathanTurley

School staff shall, at the request of a student or parent/legal guardian, when using a name or pronoun to address the student, use the name and pronoun that correspond to their gender identity.”. We previously discussed the Vermont principal who was removed for expressing her opinion of Black Lives Matter on her personal Facebook page.

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Preference or Prejudice? Federal Court Finds Biden Administration Is Engaged In Racial and Gender Discrimination

JonathanTurley

The legal question is whether historical disparities are enough to justify a system of race and gender preferences when all restaurants were impacted by the pandemic. While legislative counsel and some legal experts raised concerns over the constitutionality of the law, a trial court rejected the challenge.

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Biden Administration Drops Lawsuit Protecting Pro-Life Nurses

JonathanTurley

The Biden Administration took a little discussed but significant action this month in dropping a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center for allegedly forcing pro-life nurses to participate in abortions. In line with this, HHS removed the Notice of Violation issued against UVMCC last Friday.

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Gov. Newsom Attacks Federal Judge as Child-Killing, Extremist, Right-Wing Zealot Owned by the NRA

JonathanTurley

Trump would often savage judges for being Democrats or liberals when there were good-faith legal disagreements over his policies. Illinois and Vermont picked limits of 15 rounds for handguns and 10 rounds for a rifles. Many of us criticized Trump for his attacks on judges, including Judge Gonzalo Curiel over his hispanic heritage.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

(Appeals of ballot decisions are pending in Arizona; ballot challenges are in process in Alaska, Maine , New York, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate.

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