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Hate Crime
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Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
White Supremacists Ordered to Pay Millions – But Have Yet to Pay Up
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
For too long, law enforcement and the courts have refused to acknowledge the real-world damage that can be done by online hate, but that attitude seems to be turning around.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
El Paso Shooting A “Hate Crime” Directed at Mexican Immigrants? Victims Might Avoid Hospitals Due to Immigration Status
CNN reports that local officials in El Paso believe some mass shooting victims didn’t seek medical treatment because of their immigration status. America is in dire shape. pic.twitter.com/E68hiCN5H2— Aaron Rupar…
Religion Clause
Man Sentenced To 30 Months For Religiously Motivated Hate Crime
The Department of Justice announced this week that Ohio resident Izmir Koch was sentenced to 30 months in prison after his conviction for carrying out a religiously motivated assault on a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
In federal prosecution following state conviction, Charlottesville killer James Fields gets LWOP sentence
As reported in this Reuters piece, headlined "Charlottesville neo-Nazi sentenced to life, judge says 'too great a risk' to release," a very high-profile defendant who has been subject to both…
The Right Coast
Universities Are Too Often Serving As Hate-Crime Hoax Mills.
With their preoccupation with identity, privilege, and oppression, our institutions of higher education increasingly promote a paranoid climate of perpetual crisis. Is it surprising, then, that participants in this hothouse…
Religion Clause
Workplace Hate Crime Meets Commerce Clause Threshold
In United States v. Hill, (4th Cir., June 13, 2019), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act can…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit Upholds Federal Hate Crimes Statute Against As-Applied Commerce Clause Challenge
The Fourth Circuit this week rejected an as-applied Commerce Clause challenge to the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. The divided court (2-1) ruled…
Legal Profession Blog
Hate Not Great
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinstated a criminal conviction in an opinion authored by Circuit Judge Wynn joined by Circuit Judge Motz. Defendant James Hill, III…
Religion Clause
ADL Releases 2018 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents
Yesterday, the Anti-Defamation League released its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents for 2018. The organization summarized its findings: The U.S. Jewish community experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a…
The Right Coast
California synagogue shooting: What We Know Now
One woman was killed and three others were wounded when a man entered a synagogue during Passover services Saturday at the Chabad of Poway temple and opened fire with an AR-style assault weapon…