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Courts Should Enforce the Rights of Veterans
Richard Samp
Throughout the past 80 years, Congress has passed a series of statutes designed to ensure that military veterans are well cared for. In recognition of Congress’s intent to help veterans, the courts have developed a well-established rule of statutory construction known as the “pro-veteran canon”: when the meaning of a statute is obscure, any…
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Andrew McCarthy Misses the Point on Public Schools
In the News
It is flattering that a commentator as astute as Andrew McCarthy would respond to my Wall Street Journal article questioning the current public-school system. But it is dismaying that, in “The Wrong Way to Fight Progressive Indoctrination in Public Schools,”he misunderstands my argument. According to McCarthy, my view is that “parents have a First Amendment right to control…
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Is the Public School System Constitutional?
In the News
The public school system weighs on parents. It burdens them not simply with poor teaching and discipline, but with political bias, hostility toward religion, and now even sexual and racial indoctrination. Schools often seek openly to shape the very identity of children. What can parents do about it? “I don’t think parents should be telling…
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To Mandate or Not to Mandate: History Will Not Judge Us Kindly
Harriet Hagemancategory_listCovid-19 Articles
Photo: (left to right) NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Harriet Hageman, NCLA client Jeanna Norris, and NCLA Litigation Counsel Jenin Younes stand on the steps of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan immediately after the hearing. MSU’s stated goal for adopting its vaccine mandate is to keep people safe from COVID-19. The…
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Mutually Assured Liberty: Generational Reciprocity and the Constitution
Michael P. DeGrandis
In my July 9, 2021 blog post, I examined the nexus between the Declaration of Independence, which pronounced the liberty-to-all principle that chartered the American nation, and the Constitution, which is the vehicle through which the Framers chose to achieve the liberty-to-all charter’s ideal. I argued that adherence to the Constitution’s structure, such as…
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Kruckenberg: Accused Means Guilty in College Kangaroo Courts
In the News
It is a scary time to be on college campuses and not just because of COVID-19. In the last decade the U.S. Department of Education has prioritized the micromanagement of campus disciplinary procedures for students and faculty accused of sexual harassment. Despite having no business telling schools how to properly deal with alleged misconduct, the…
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