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Banish Wrong Thoughts In Higher Ed Week At Legal Insurrection

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 09, 2020 2 Comments

All the higher ed news you might have missed

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Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Court rejects attempt to unseal store clerk’s private Facebook records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2020 44 Comments

Judge ruled that "risk of injury to persons" and "individual privacy rights and interests" prevailed over what the Gibsons alleged was collusion between the college and Cleveland media to "dox" Allyn D. Gibson.

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Would Joe Biden Subject Himself To The Sexual Assault Adjudication Policies He Helped Impose on Colleges?

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2020 13 Comments

Tucker Carlson: "What would happen if Joe Biden had to play by the same rules he made, now? Well he'd be done."

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We interrupt this pandemic to update you on Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2020 53 Comments

College comes to the aid of Cleveland media group seeking to unseal store clerk's private Facebook records, while appeals court Magistrate denies college's motion to expand briefing page limits.

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Colleges and Universities Already Panicking About Finances Over Shutdowns

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 08, 2020 57 Comments

"the pandemic has shaken the financial stability of most private and public colleges"

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Legal Insurrection Florida ‘Campus Free Speech Tour’ postponed, as universities restrict events

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2020 14 Comments

With campuses discouraging large events, and moving classes to the off-campus virtual world, we faced a logistical problem beyond our control.

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Legal Insurrection Foundation is One Year Old

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2020 12 Comments

The Foundation is a continuation of the Legal Insurrection mission. I'm honored to have your support.

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Oberlin College alum suspends Social Justice Internship Fund over school’s “union busting”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2020 36 Comments

Susan Phillips ‘76: "union busting, added to the Gibson’s fiasco, will serve only to strike another deeply damaging blow to Oberlin’s reputation and future"

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“Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Austerity Has Got To Go” — Oberlin College students protest union staff layoffs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2020 62 Comments

Student: “Willingly impoverishing over 100 longtime employees and their families means that, at the end of the day, the values we claim to stand for are hollow."

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Under financial stress, Oberlin College seeks to end unionized custodial and dining hall services

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2020 83 Comments

Will woke students, faculty and staff react to this union-busting with the same outrage and aggressiveness as was directed at Gibson's Bakery for having the temerity to stop a student from shoplifting?

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Democrat Demolition Derby Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 16, 2020 1 Comment

All the news you may have missed.

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To Dox The Store Clerk or Not, That Remains The Question In Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2020 34 Comments

Judge requests further briefing on media request -- allegedly in collusion with the college -- to unseal confidential Facebook records of Allyn D. Gibson, the bakery clerk who stopped an Oberlin College student from shoplifting, giving rise to the case.

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Oberlin College settles lawsuit by professor fired after spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2020 29 Comments

Joy Karega spread wild conspiracy theories, many focused on Jewish control, but was fired for allegedly failing to cooperate with an academic inquiry into her conduct. Her discrimination lawsuit was just settled on unknown terms.

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Charles Murray Returning to Middlebury College at Invitation of College Republicans

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2020 2 Comments

"We believe that the way the administration and the protestors handled the 2017 event was a stain on Middlebury’s reputation"

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Waiting for my invitation to speak at Oberlin College about the Gibson’s Bakery case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2020 14 Comments

Letter to the Editor in The Toledo Blade: "If Oberlin were interested in promoting robust free speech, it would invite the founder of Legal Insurrection to speak on campus about the Gibson’s Bakery disaster"

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UPDATE: Babson College Fires Administrator Who Made Iran Bombing Comments

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 11, 2020 3 Comments

"At Babson College, the climate of freedom of expression feels like 2003 all over again."

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Legal Insurrection’s 10 Most-Viewed Posts of 2019

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2020 11 Comments

We broke many records this year, with one post getting over 500,000 views. Three of the top 10 posts were about the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case -- RIP David Gibson.

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