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St. Joseph’s University Refuses To Renew Contract For Professor Who Prevailed In Free Speech Fight

JonathanTurley

However, in a chilling turn of events, the university has now refused to renew his contract. However, it proved a pyrrhic victory for Manco who was then promptly canned when his contract came up. It was a direct and serious attack on free speech and ultimately the university concluded that Manco did not violate any school policy.

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No Laughing Matter: The Third Circuit Reverses NLRB Sanction Over Joke

JonathanTurley

This litigation began in early June 2019 when Vox Media’s writers staged a walkout to call for a collective bargaining contract. The image evoked—that of writers tapping away on laptops in dimly-lit mineshafts alongside salt deposits and workers swinging pickaxes—is as bizarre as it is comical.