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Fast Forward Court says Florida university officials are not going to shut down Students for Justice in Palestine
Pro-Palestinian student group sought to block university from deactivating them — but court said that won’t happen
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Fast Forward ACLU blasts Anti-Defamation League for accusing pro-Palestine student groups of supporting Hamas
Civil liberties group calls on colleges to reject calls to investigate Students for Justice in Palestine, saying SJP activities are protected by First Amendment
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One of my last memories from the pre-pandemic era is of meeting Udi Ofer, the head of the ACLU’s Justice Division, in February 2020. Ofer and Rabbi Julie Roth, director of the Princeton Hillel, gathered roughly a dozen students for a series of events reconsidering the Passover exodus in light of contemporary mass incarceration. Of…
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Fast Forward ACLU Sues Texas Over Anti-Boycott Law
(JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday announced that it is suing the state of Texas over a 2017 law prohibiting government contractors from engaging in boycotts of Israel, which is says is an unwarranted violation of Americans’ right to free speech. Signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last May, the bill…
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Fast Forward Federal Judge Blocks Kansas Anti-BDS Law
A federal judge has issued an injunction stopping the enforcement of a Kansas law that bans the state from contracting with individuals or businesses that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Tuesday that the law should not be enforced while he judges a case involving a…
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The Schmooze The ACLU Informs Taylor Swift That It Is Legal To Compare Her To Hitler
Ah, time. It’s a funny thing. On this day last year, so many of us were dragging Steinway-sized cases of champagne out of Costco in anticipation of a woman making history and changing the course of humankind. Today I am here to tell you that while Taylor Swift’s lawyer is VERY sure that Taylor Swift…
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Fast Forward ACLU Sues Kansas Over Law Targeting Israel Boycotters
(JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Kansas law banning state business with companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The ACLU said Wednesday it was representing public school math teacher Esther Koontz, who was denied a state contract because she participates in the anti-Israel boycott….
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