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Does Criminalizing ‘Disruption’ in Schools Violate Free Speech? 

The Crime Report

Leaving intact the nation’s “most aggressively broad” statute criminalizing certain speech and conduct directed toward school employees, the Masters case involved Johnathan Masters, an education graduate student who distributed surveys to secondary school students as part of his research.

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Federal appeals court upholds Indiana law mandating reporting of abortion complications

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Failure to comply with the law is a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and $1,000 in fines.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. Last year, the Kellem family started early by bagging a 30-pound wild Turkey in Indiana when it went smashing through their rental car window.

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