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500  Scholars  and  Writers  Sign  Statement  Promoting  Campus  Free  Speech  (Constitution  news  round-up)

5/8/2019

 
1A: Scholars, writers issue statement promoting campus free speech (you can still sign; more than 500 have)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/scholars-writers-launch-battle-for-campus-free-speech
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https://www.nas.org/articles/free_to_speak_reforming_the_higher_education_act?mid=39948&id=T15OuHulZKxtwhqSTA

1A: San Francisco sues to force doctors to perform abortions and other procedures against their conscience
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/05/03/san-francisco-sues-to-overturn-new-trump-rules-and-force-doctors-and-nurses-to-do-abortions/

1A Religion: injection of Buddhist-inspired ‘mindfulness’ practices into schools is an unconstitutional establishment of religion, conservative group argues
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/05/07/Conservative-legal-group-challenges-mindfulness-in-schools/1281557252128/?ts_fn=1

2A: U.S. pulls out of Obama-era UN arms treaty
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/26/trump-scraps-obama-era-u-n-arms-treaty-opposed-by-2nd-amendment-backers/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJJMU9EUTFaV1ppTmpndyIsInQiOiIzZ1RBNmM4U1BET2VJcUhhNnd0bE96K2pjT2JDOEE3WXdDaEtOOHJyWFBnc1wvRGcrYURGVE1GN3cxSFRDQkpoSEhwSWN4SnRoVHhMVnlaOTg5MDBOZFc0dDVqUXRCSDY3YmRwVEZZRWErcHhBXC9GMzlEWWJzQitYblwvdFp0K3d5TSJ9

2A: “Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Moves to Impeach ‘Rogue’ Pittsburgh Mayor Over Gun Control Measures”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/pennsylvania-gop-rep-moves-to-impeach-rogue-pittsburgh-mayor-over-gun-control-measures-that-violate-the-constitution/

8A: federal appeals court rules prison must give inmate addiction treatment
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/04/719805278/setting-precedent-a-federal-court-rules-jail-must-give-inmate-addiction-treatmen

4A: Supreme Court is asked to take case of 4-year-old girl who was strip-searched; case could be occasion to refine tangled ‘qualified immunity’ doctrine
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/05/06/strip-search-case-could-reshape-supreme-courts-immunity-doctrine/?slreturn=20190408114312

5A Vagueness: Supreme Court decision from last term hampering federal prosecutions of young terror suspects
https://www.apnews.com/69a0da9349364db094066f83b4517d8b

14A Fundamental Rights: federal judge strikes down Virginia law preventing nurses from performing abortions as undue burden on constitutional right
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/05/07/federal-court-strikes-down-virginia-law-prohibiting-nurses-from-aborting-babies/

1A: Immigration rights activist successfully argues unconstitutional retaliation for protected speech when ICE tries to deport him. 
https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/18-1597_complete_opn.pdf

1A: students have a constitutional right to call for their principal to be fired
https://reason.com/2019/05/01/first-amendment-protects-nondisruptive-student-speech-calling-for-principal-to-be-fired/

1A: podcast considers whether what Assange did was protected journalism or cyber-crime
https://constitutioncenter.org/debate/podcasts/the-julian-assange-indictment-and-the-first-amendment
 
1A: House of Representatives can insist its daily prayer be religious in nature, not atheist
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/6DF98786C32D5A24852583E1004D436F/$file/17-5278.pdf

2A: website not liable for allowing searches for private-seller gun ads
https://reason.com/2019/05/01/armslist-not-liable-for-allowing-searches-for-private-seller-gun-ads/
 
4A: chalking tires for parking enforcement is a ‘search’ but may be allowable under various exceptions to warrant requirement
https://reason.com/2019/04/23/chalking-tires-and-the-fourth-amendment/

6A: right to a public trial is not absolute; courtroom can be cleared of the public to accommodate Muslim witness who refused to take off veil otherwise
https://reason.com/2019/04/18/can-veil-wearing-witnesses-religious-freedom-rights-trump-public-trial-clause-first-amendment-rights/

14A: Circuit split on whether ban on toplessness for women violates Equal Protection
https://reason.com/2019/05/06/ban-on-toplessness-for-women-doesnt-violate-the-equal-protection-clause/

State Constitution: “Kansas Supreme Court Rules State Constitution Protects Right To Abortion”
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/717449336/kansas-supreme-court-rules-state-constitution-protects-right-to-abortion

Article argues Congress is the supreme branch of government, as it should be in a Republic of self-governing people
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/congress-supreme-branch-of-government-not-coequal/?fbclid=IwAR14cDp3c-ag3S60roaYXx7Xct-6xj3KVTmDqxFNFl4gUIGsh4iWyvU15Xg


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