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[David Bernstein] Hans Bader on Selective Law Enforcement

4 May 2024, 1:25 pm by David Bernstein

Even on school grounds, racist speech can be protected, such as Nazi meetings on school grounds, see National Socialist White People's Party v. [read post]

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Highlights from BakerHostetler’s Webinar on Race-Based Grantmaking and Charitable Activities

4 May 2024, 12:08 pm by Gene Takagi

In Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. [read post]

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THERESA WHITE v. TOWN OF NORTH BEACH, et. al.

4 May 2024, 5:53 am by Unreported Opinions

Read the opinion The post THERESA WHITE v. [read post]

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Before mob attack, UCLA police chief was ordered to create security plan but didn’t, sources say

3 May 2024, 6:39 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

But internal calls are growing for the police chief to step aside as University of California President Michael V. [read post]

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[David Bernstein] The Hysterical Opposition to the Antisemitism Awareness Act is Unfounded

3 May 2024, 11:33 am by David Bernstein

More sober critics, like co-blogger Eugene V. earlier today, worry about the chilling effect it will have on anti-Israel speech given that hostile environment cases sometimes rest in part on speech that would otherwise be constitutionally protected. [read post]

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[Jonathan H. Adler] Are State Law Climate Change Tort Suits Preempted by Federal Law?

3 May 2024, 9:46 am by Jonathan H. Adler

The Hawaii Supreme Court rejected the preemption claims in Honolulu v. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] "Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023" (Which Just Passed the House) Could Suppress First-Amendment-Protected Criticism of Israel

3 May 2024, 8:49 am by Eugene Volokh

HR6090, which passed the House of Representatives Wednesday by a 320-91 vote, would provide, in relevant part, For purposes of this Act, the term "definition of antisemitism"— (1) means the definition of antisemitism adopted on May 26, 2016, by the IHRA [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance], of which the United States is a member, which definition has been adopted by the Department of State; and (2) includes the "[c]ontemporary examples of antisemitism"… [read post]

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Looking Inside and Outside the Law to Understand the Successes and Failures of Drug Reform

3 May 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

Notwithstanding tobacco’s high death toll and damaging health effects, tobacco companies have survived hundreds of lawsuits challenging their promotion and distribution of a deadly drug, including Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. [read post]

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Why Even Ostensibly Peaceful Expressive “Encampments” at Universities Are Not Immune From Restrictions Under the First Amendment, With Special Attention to Some Analogies to Abortion Clinics

1 May 2024, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Alan E. Brownstein

Debates about the permissibility of protests on college campuses today seem fixated on the notion of violence. [read post]

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UCLA declares unlawful assembly; authorities poised to clear pro-Palestinian camp

1 May 2024, 6:28 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

In a statement earlier Tuesday, University of California President Michael V. [read post]

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‘Unacceptable’: Why it took hours for police to quell attack at UCLA pro-Palestinian camp

1 May 2024, 5:45 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

UC President Michael V. [read post]