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Nonilex

A Statement from #ConstitutionalLaw Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at #ColumbiaUniversity

— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholars

The #USgovernment may not threaten #funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing #First #Amendment protected #speech.

#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent
nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/

The New York Review of BooksA Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David ColeWe write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
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beSpacific

#Trump promises 2 punish people 4 disagreeing w him Lately he’s found that such threats R sufficient to bring many of perceived #enemies in line. Certainly the case when leaders at #Disney rolled over after Trump sued #ABC for alleged defamation by Stephanopoulos in a case that 1st #amendment lawyers widely believed #Disney would have won. This is1 way institutions fail not because they r forced in2 submission but because people in positions of power collapse on their own theatlantic.com/magazine/archi

The Atlantic · The Washington Post’s Dangerous PrecedentBy Adrienne LaFrance
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libramoon

heathercoxrichardson.substack.

..."#Biden issued a statement declaring his belief that the Equal Rights Amendment guaranteeing all #Americans #equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their #sex is the law of the land. #Congress passed the #amendment in 1972 and sent it off to the states for ratification, imposing on that ratification a seven-year deadline. Thirty states ratified the ERA within the next year, but a fierce opposition campaign led by right-wing activist Phyllis Schla"...

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJanuary 17, 2025As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris prepare to leave office at noon on Monday and President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President–elect J.D.
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petersuber

The US Archivist just decided 𝗻𝗼𝘁 to certify the #EqualRightsAmendment (#ERA).
archives.gov/press/press-relea

“In 2020 and again in 2022, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice affirmed that the ratification deadline established by Congress for the ERA is valid and enforceable. The OLC concluded that extending or removing the deadline requires new action by Congress or the courts. Court decisions at both the District and Circuit levels have affirmed that the ratification deadlines established by Congress for the ERA are valid."

Congress originally set the ratification deadline at March 1979, and later voted to extend it to June 1982.

National Archives · Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment Ratification ProcessArchivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan and Deputy Archivist William J. Bosanko released the following statement today on the Equal Rights Amendment and the constitutional responsibilities for administering the ratification process: “As Archivist and Deputy Archivist of the United States, it is our responsibility to uphold the integrity of the constitutional amendment process and ensure that changes to the Constitution are carried out in accordance with the law.
#Amendment#Constitution#ConstitutionalAmendments
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libramoon

newsletter.peoplepowerunited.o

..."For a century, the #EqualRightsAmendment (ERA) has been a symbol of justice and equality, declaring, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”

Ratified by three-fourths of the states in 2020, the ERA has met all #constitutional requirements to become the 28th #Amendment. According to the American Bar Associatio"...

People Power United: America's Progressive Voice & Actions · 📢 Let’s prepare to protect our communities while embracing lives filled with joy, hope, and a vision for a brighter tomorrow.By Laurie Woodward Garcia
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#AntiEquality #House #Republican #Leaders Push #Healthcare #Cuts for #Servicemembers’ #Families in #NDAA

New #Amendment seeks to #strip #healthcare from the #Trans #Kids of #ActiveDuty #Servicemembers.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #GenderAffirmingCare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

hrc.org/press-releases/anti-eq

HRCAnti-Equality House Republican Leaders Push Healthcare Cuts for…National Defense Authorization Act Filed With Rider That Would Strip Healthcare from Trans Kids of Servicemembers
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Jason Beets

Vermont approved a constitutional amendment that protects an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.

The amendment doesn’t mention abortion specifically, but it’s generally understood to protect abortion rights.

Voters approved the amendment by a margin of 54%.

acluvt.org/en/campaigns/reprod

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ACLU of Vermont · Reproductive Liberty AmendmentTell your legislators to support two "shield laws" – H.89 and S.37 – to ensure that people who need reproductive and gender-affirming care can access it from Vermont providers, regardless of policies enacted in other states.
#Vermont#Abortion#Law
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Chuck Darwin

A motion was filed Monday after Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft ❌tried to get the #abortion #amendment off of the November ballot.

On Monday, Ashcroft sent a letter to Tori Schafer, a lawyer for the woman who proposed the amendment, 🔥stating that his office has #decertified the Amendment 3 petition for the Nov. 5 ballot.

He claimed that the amendment would be decertified over “serious concern about whether the proposed petition satisfies the legal requirements for adequate notice to the public.”

The amendment, better known as #Amendment3, was ruled invalid Friday by a Cole County judge. ⚠️Judge Christopher Limbaugh ruled that the ballot measure should have included language stating that the amendment would repeal the state’s ban on abortion.

✅Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Wolff told First Alert 4 that Judge Limbaugh’s ruling was wrong and he expects the state Supreme Court to overrule it.

He said Limbaugh mistakenly applied the rules for an initiative petition seeking to change an existing law and applied them to an initiative petition that seeks to change the state constitution.

“What I am shocked by is that for the first time since our current constitution was enacted 79 years ago, that somebody actually misread this statute and the Constitution to come to this result.

I think it’s a complete misreading of the law,” said Wolff.

✅An appeal of the ruling was filed Saturday afternoon, and it will be heard by the Missouri Supreme Court beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

firstalert4.com/2024/09/09/mis

KMOV4 · Motion filed to hold Ashcroft in contempt of court after Missouri Secretary of State moved to get abortion amendment off November ballotBy First Alert 4 Staff
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