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The Left Charges Forward Week in Education
Your weekly report on education news. The campus left does not seem to care how the public feels about anything. They’re just doing what they want to do. They know that they still rule education. Ther...
Canada high court requires disclosure of expunged police misconduct record in criminal proceedings
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled on Friday that the police must transmit an expunged misconduct record to the prosecution if it is relevant in a criminal proceeding. Civil rights group we...
California governor, top lawmakers reach budget agreement
The Legislature passed a budget on June 15, though negotiations between Democratic leaders and Governor Gavin Newsom continued over the past two weeks to reach a final budget.
S&C Takes The Salary Plunge — See Also
Sullivan & Crowell Raises Associate Salaries:Probably to the Milbank scale.Brendan Carr Wants To Crack Down On "The View":Wasn't a problem over the last 26 years.Is This Satire? If only:Ben Sasse's cr...
Trump to Request Over $1.4 Billion in Ebola Funding from Congress
Meanwhile, two trials for the treatment of Bundibugyo Ebola will begin soon and France reports its first case. In my last report on the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa two weeks ago, I noted that a h...
Lancaster County judge blocks Virginia assault weapons ban days before taking effect
A Virginia judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that bars the Virginia State Police from enforcing a newly passed assault weapons ban, halting the law six days before it was set to take effe...
Class certification granted for journalists suing over immigration protest crackdown in SoCal
A federal judge found the plaintiffs had shown that the Department of Homeland Security "treats the mere public recording of its agents as a threat" that it responds to with violence.
Democracy Isn’t Always Easy
The people have the power, even when you don't like it.The postDemocracy Isn’t Always Easyappeared first onAbove the Law.
Wikipedia Co-Founder Blocked From Editing Pages After Pushing for Intellectual Diversity
“Wikipedia is so woke they blocked their own founder for trying to make it unbiased.” For years now, Larry Sanger has been trying to save the site he co-founded, Wikipedia , from itself and anonymous ...
Canada Parliament urged to expand assisted dying to patients with mental illness
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Thursday urged the federal government to affirm the right to seek medical assistance in dying (MAiD) of patients whose sole underlying medical condition is ...
California father pleads guilty to dosing children with psychedelic mushrooms, federal prosecutors say
An attorney for Randal Vance said that the doses were exaggerated and that his client only provided very small amounts of psilocybin to his two young sons.
Sullivan & Cromwell Jumps On Biglaw Salary Raise Train
A last minute pick me up going into the weekend.The postSullivan & Cromwell Jumps On Biglaw Salary Raise Trainappeared first onAbove the Law.
John Bolton pleads guilty to retaining classified information
Former US national security advisor John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to a felony count of unlawfully retaining sensitive national security information. This development resolved a case that had be...
Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists, raising press freedom questions
Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the treason convictions and 14-year prison sentences of journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, according to local media. The court rejected the journalis...
SCOTUS allows Trump to end deportation protections for Haitian, Syrian refugees
The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the US President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria. The 6-3 d...
US federal judge blocks DOJ from seizing medical records of transgender minors at NYC hospitals
A federal judge in New York blocked the Department of Justice (DOJ) from obtaining the sensitive medical records of transgender minors from New York City hospitals on Wednesday, granting an emergency ...
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction affirmed on appeal, sentence vacated
A California appellate court sent the case back to a trial judge to reevaluate the the Miramax Films co-founder's 16-year prison sentence.
Texas Board of Education approves reading list requiring students to study Bible stories
The list includes picture book versions of "David and Goliath" and "Daniel and the Lion’s Den" for elementary students and excerpts from the Book of Job for high schoolers.
Republicans sue Colorado over election policy allowing overseas voters
The RNC says the Colorado secretary of state dilutes their vote by allowing overseas voters who have never resided in the state to participate in state elections.