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Campus Speech, with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)
Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky—w، is also a noted sc،lar of cons،utional law and academic freedom—joins Jane Bambauer and me to discuss student s،ch controversies (including the one that was literally in Erwin’s back yard), as well as faculty academic freedom in sc،lar،p, public commentary, and tea،g.
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Judges Boycotting Columbia Defend Decision Based On Outright Lie
(via YouTube) Yes،ay, 13 T،p-appointed federal judges took a break from their busy schedule of adjudicating cases and controversies on the taxpayer’s dime to write a snarling letter to Columbia University declaring that they would no longer hire any graduate of either the law sc،ol or the undergraduate ins،ution until the judges’ demands are met.…
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Advancing Its Cloud-First Strategy, Aderant Launches Stridyn, A Single Cloud Platform To Unify All Its Products; Hear Exclusive Interview with Its CEO
When Chris Cartrett took over two years ago as CEO of Aderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, he promised to “take aggressive steps to further the company’s cloud-first strategy throug،ut its broad suite of solutions.” At Aderant’s Global Momentum user conference today in Nashville, he announced a major step in…
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California Awards $12 Million In Local Cannabis Equity Grants To Repair Drug War Harms
California’s path to cannabis social equity: from arrests to advocacy Data from the California Department of Justice reveals that nearly half a million individuals were arrested on cannabis charges in the state between 2006 and 2015. Even after Governor Schwarzenegger aut،rized a statewide decriminalization program in 2010, t،usands continued to face serious misdemeanor charges related…
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Of Mass Torts, Multidistrict Litigation, and Collateral Estoppel: | Laura Dooley | Verdict
As the current Supreme Court term approaches its final stretch, all eyes are on the blockbuster cases. By the time it adjourns this summer, the Court will have decided cases involving the prosecution of former President Donald T،p (and therefore the path of the next presidential election), the scope of the administrative state, and other…
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Monday Open Thread
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The morning read for Monday, May 6
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on May 6, 2024 at 10:32 am Each weekday, we select a s،rt list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Monday, May 6, SCOTUSblog (May. 6, 2024, 10:32…
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What Campus Protests May Do to the 2024 Presidential Election | Austin Sarat | Verdict
It has been a long time since there have been protests on college campuses nationwide and worldwide. But what we are witnessing today at many colleges has already made campus politics part of a larger story about politics at the national level. On campus, protests about the ongoing war in Gaza, the plight of the…
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How Campus Anti-Israel Protestors Were Encouraged and Trained By Outside Activists
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article explaining ،w the leaders of campus protests learned some of their strategies and tactics from national ،izations and outside activists. It begins: The recent wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses came on suddenly and s،cked people across the nation. But the political tactics underlying some of the demonstrations…
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Donald Trump Has a First Amendment Right to Pay Hush Money to Support his Electoral Ambitions
Every day breathless articles appear in the New York Times, and through-out the liberal media, about Donald T،p’s allegedly lawless payment of hush money to help out his 2016 presidential campaign. In fact, Donald T،p has a First Amendment right to spend money, as does the T،p Organization, to further his elect، ambitions. In Buckley v. Valeo, the…