America is a bastion of religious freedom, a land where persecuted religious minorities find refuge from the tyranny of the majority. So goes the narrative that is taught in schools across the nation and that permeates American culture.And yet Muslims
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What makes a law school “good” and who wants to know? This was the most basic question behind a recent decision from US News and World Report (USNWR) to reject a new “Scholarly Impact” metric in its annual rankings of
Pledge of Allegiance Revisited: Requiring Parental Consent (Prof. Caroline Corbin)
Since the Supreme Court decided West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette in 1943, free speech law has been clear: public schools may not force students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Nevertheless, in two states – Texas and
LatCrit, Inc./SALT Faculty Development Workshop: October 7, 2021
The LatCrit, Inc./SALT Annual Faculty Development Workshop (FDW) will take place on October 7, 2021, the day before the 2021 LatCrit Biennial Conference “Resistance and Transformation: Mapping Critical Geographies and Alternative Possibilities in Legal Scholarship and Praxis for the Next
Critical Race Theory Summer School
The African American Policy Forum is hosting a five-day course on Critical Race Theory that will feature leading critical race scholars providing accessible instruction in a mixed-presentational format.
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Social Justice is a Marathon (Prof. Benjamin Davis)
Let me speak plainly.I do think that this little vignette of irrational critical race theory protests in West Virginia is only one of the hundreds or thousands of these vignettes going on at all levels of our society to foist
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On June 17, 2021, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka ACA, survived yet another challenge at the Supreme Court. As originally enacted, the ACA had several key provisions, three of which merit mentioning here. The first is the
Nikole Hannah-Jones Statement: Dancing on the Violence of the Glass Ceiling (Prof. Benjamin Davis)
“Oh what a feeling! Dancing on the (glass) ceiling!”
Tuesday the saga of Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure process at the University of North Carolina came to an end with a statement she wrote declining the offer of tenure
Approaching Deadline: Yale Law Journal invites submissions on the Law of the Territories
The Yale Law Journal invites submissions on the Law of the Territories, covering the broad range of local, federal, and international issues arising out of and affecting the U.S. territories and their people, for Volume 131’s Special Issue. The deadline for submissions
Cleaning House for the 4th of July and the Fireworks of Anti-racism (Prof. Tanya Hernandez)
Let’s be honest – before the pandemic we never cleaned our homes as thoroughly as when we were expecting guests. Visiting in-laws meant a zenith level of cleaning. While it might not pass every snooping cousin’s white-glove test, we did