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18 Sep 2018, 2:15 pm
As the Southern Poverty Law Center reported, one student was expelled for wearing a sweatshirt depicting her murdered father, and another was expelled for posting a photo of himself “holding too much money. [read post]
16 Sep 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Richard Cohen of the Southern Poverty Law Center said [a bit optimistically, as it turned out] that the Reynolds case “was the death knell for voting discrimination in the South. [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 12:30 pm by John K. Ross
An organization that publishes online directory of nonprofits adds a banner to its profile of the evangelical group, saying it "was flagged as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 7:36 am by Herb Lin
Charter or the laws of war); this accounts for use of the term “influence. [read post]
2 Sep 2018, 8:04 am
The Southern Poverty Law Center has noted a recent rise in robo-calls across the country, describing them as a “new, high-tech, computer-delivered brand of hate,” according to the Times.The Road to Power is also the group behind the most unsubtle attempt to turn the killing of Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa into anti-immigration policy and a 2018 campaign talking point....According to the Des Moines Register, the man producing the robo-calls is named Scott… [read post]
24 Aug 2018, 1:18 pm by Tom Smith
Under pressure from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Visa and Mastercard have blocked donations to the conservative think tank David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC) after it was labeled a hate group by the militantly left-leaning watchdog organization. [read post]
1 Aug 2018, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Hyung has been labeled an anti-LGBT cult leader by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 5:46 pm by Allan Blutstein
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rounded up dozens of families awaiting asylum in predawn New Year raids in 2016, they often gained entry by claiming they had criminal warrants.But when attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center sought what should have been publicly available warrants and other information on the raids in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina, the U.S. [read post]
5 Jul 2018, 9:30 pm by Bobby Chen
” Richard Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Center, called this a “patently false rationale” and stated that “the guidance documents were issued pursuant to legal authority exercised by both Republican and Democratic administrations alike. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 3:52 am by Walter Olson
” [Ken at Popehat on $3.375 million Southern Poverty Law Center settlement with Maajid Nawaz] Why veteran gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell changed his mind on Northern Ireland cake controversy [The Sun, BBC] Tags: ACLU, First Amendment, free speech, libel slander and defamation Free speech roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 2:36 pm by Stewart Baker
In payback news, I am pleased to report that there's more libel litigation in store for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which specializes in feeding Silicon Valley's worst prejudices about conservatives. [read post]
23 Jun 2018, 7:04 am by Stephanie Leutert
For the past two years, I’ve worked to document these issues at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin, and also in the Beyond the Border column for Lawfare—based in part on my fieldwork from across Mexico. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 1:00 pm
A report published earlier this year by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project revealed that only 8 percent of U.S. high school seniors know the Civil War occurred because of slavery. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 12:27 pm by Stewart Baker
In the good news of the week, the Southern Poverty Law Center gets a comeuppance in the form of an unconditional apology and $3.4 million libel settlement for including Maajid Nawaz in its nasty and irresponsible 2016 “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
In a press release yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center issued an apology to Mr. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 2:50 pm by Stewart Baker
In the good news of the week, the Southern Poverty Law Center gets a comeuppance in the form of an unconditional apology and $3.4m libel settlement for including Maajid Nawaz in its nasty and irresponsible 2016 "Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 11:26 am by Amy Howe
” The Southern Poverty Law Center adds that state and local governments are using fines and forfeitures like this one purely to generate revenue to fund a “burgeoning prison population” without raising taxes. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 9:35 am by Ken White
The Southern Poverty Law Center has surrendered, completely and unconditionally, in the face of a threatened defamation lawsuit by British activist and politician Maajid Nawaz. [read post]
16 Jun 2018, 7:30 am by Victoria Clark
Stewart Baker addressed leaks, China, and the Southern Poverty Law Center on the latest Cyberlaw Podcast: David Pozen announced Jack Goldsmith’s new essay on internet freedom for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, while Daphne Keller shared her new essay in the Hoover Aegis series on the call for internet platforms to police online speech. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 1:18 pm by Stewart Baker
  I close with a quick rant, calling out Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon for all accepting advice on who is a “hate” group from the irresponsible and irredeemably biased Southern Poverty Law Center. [read post]