Month: June 2016
Trigger warnings and the danger of overprotecting students
Paying child support for another man’s child
Davenport man is protesting a state law that requires him to financially support a child that’s not his. Joe Vandusen received a letter this month from the Iowa Department of Human Services notifying him that he would have to…
Women and the Draft: Equal rights must come with equal responsibilities
“Under the Senate bill passed on Tuesday, women turning 18 on or after Jan. 1, 2018, would be forced to register for Selective Service, as men must do now. Failure to register could result in the loss of various forms…
Closed minds on campus
An excerpt: Last month, in the early hours, an act of traumatising racist violence occurred on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Students woke up to find that someone had written, in chalk, the words “Trump 2016” on…
Trump’s Bizarre Theory
“Trump’s theory is, apparently, that anyone can get any judge disqualified for ‘conflict of interest’ just by saying things that the judge finds offensive enough,” Volokh wrote. “Don’t like the Jewish judge on your case? Say things that are critical of Jews, and now the judge presumably has to step aside because of a conflict of interest. Don’t like the female judge? Say things that women tend to find offensive. Don’t like the judge who was a Republican activist? Say nasty things about Republicans.”
“For obvious reasons, that is not the law, because it can’t be the law. Judges can’t be disqualified from a case because of their ethnicity, or because of their ideology, or because you say things that are offensive to them or their ethnic group.”
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Ali
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human…
No Offense…but…
“Look at my African-American over here.”!!!
I’m going to call the “Clue Clucks Clan” the next time I see one of them at a Trump rally.
I remember back in the day when someone wanted to talk about black people with me, they would start out with, “No offense but, those NIGGERS over there get on my nerves!”
Well, no offense but, if you “identify” as a republican, and actually support a man who isn’t even a republican, nor a conservative, you are just as dumb as he is. In fact, you’re an a$$hole and probably a racist to your ugly, rotten core.
Oh, did I offend you? Oh… I’m not talking about YOU, it’s those people!
Hey folks, enjoy the show. He has no plans on being president and he won’t last long if he wins. He’s in the news every day because the media loves this. He’s truly entertaining.
Due Process On Campus
Excerpt: “As the intimacy progressed, knowing that they both wanted to engage in sexual intercourse, Jane Doe advised Plaintiff that she was not on birth control. Accordingly, Plaintiff asked if he should put on a condom. Jane Doe clearly and…
Sign Them Up!
An excerpt: “While this is unfair and sexist — women should be allowed to serve in combat roles just as men are — it is immoral to force people to go to war, no matter their sex,” Julie Mastrine, the…
The “Dear Colleague” Letter and the inevitable backlash
An excerpt from THIS article: As colleges face increasing pressure to aggressively investigate reports of sex assaults, some critics say the rights of the accused are being trampled. Now they want federal guidance on the issue to be tossed out.…
