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Pittsburgh Lawyer Charged After Dropping Pants In Protest in Courthouse

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The Alleghany Sheriff’s Office decided to issue a press release about how the lawyer stood there in just his shirt and underwear. The incident at the Family Division Complex led to another lawyer having to take over for Pollock in a hearing where he was representing a client pro bono. In Vermont, a court noted in State v.

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Former BSU Professor Arrested For Defacing Lincoln Statue With Feces And Paint

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While it is rare for academics to be involved in such destructive protests, other professors have supported such criminal acts including Professor Sarah Parchak at the University of Alabama who supplied instructions on how to topple such monuments. Another called for strangling police.

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“True Threats”: Ninth Circuit Rules That Threats Against Mitch McConnell May Be Prosecuted

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has handed down a significant ruling on the exception to the First Amendment for criminal threats. The court reversed the decision of District Court Judge Charles Breyer, who rejected the charges against Howard Weiss who threatened Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.