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The Supreme Court Gets a Social-Media Test
29Oct By adminNo Comments
World

The Supreme Court Gets a Social-Media Test

Some lower courts have divined in the First Amendment’s penumbra a right to follow politicians on social media. On Tuesday the Supreme Court will consider whether the Constitution bars public officials from blocking constituents on their personal accounts (O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed).Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane, elected school board members in California, used personal Facebook and Twitter accounts they created while running for office to campaign and inform constituents about education news. The officials blocked two parents for making “repetitious and non-responsive comments” on their pages. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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There’s More to Education Than Free Speech
19Oct By adminNo Comments
Health

There’s More to Education Than Free Speech

Oct. 19, 2023 12:31 pm ETHillsdale, Mich.The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has issued a “warning” about freedom of speech at Hillsdale College. In doing so, it exhibits a fundamental misunderstanding of what a college is.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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A New Lawsuit Alleges That Leonard Leo Called for the Arrest of a Pro-Choice Protester
20Jul By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

A New Lawsuit Alleges That Leonard Leo Called for the Arrest of a Pro-Choice Protester

Even an exclusive summer oasis is no refuge from the divisive partisan politics poisoning much of the country. In the fall of 2018, Leonard Leo, the powerful leader of the conservative legal group the Federalist Society, bought a lavish $3.3-million waterfront estate in Northeast Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island, an area famous for its staggering beauty and equally staggering old money. Northeast Harbor’s ethos is understated and blue-blooded. Peabodys, Vanderbilts, and their latter-day incarnations sail, golf, play tennis, and host dinners at grand shingle-style houses often referred to as “cottages.” “Until recently, the only thing anyone thought about here was their backhand,” Alison Schafer, a fifth-generation summer resident, told me. “But, since Leo arrived, the town is in turm...
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