Ruth Colker

Blaming mother for child’s disabilities is a tired trope. Not news.

BREAKING: Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by fired UPenn law professor Amy Wax. Judge Timothy Savage (GHWBush) says Wax hasn't shown racial discrimination and her speech-related claims are not protected under federal law. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I learned today that Ohio State faculty can’t put a land acknowledgement statement in their syllabus and that we can’t ask students to voluntarily disclose their pronouns. #firstamendment #ohiostate

OSU has a banned words list for multimedia postings:

Diversity
DEI/DEIJ (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice)
Equity
Implicit bias
Inclusion
Inclusive Excellence
Racial justice
Social justice
Underrepresented/underprivileged/underserved
Antiracism

#censorship

What will it take for the Supreme Court’s conservatives to acknowledge the obvious political reality that many state legislatures and the Trump administration HATE transgender people and consider them subhuman? The death of transgender people is on their dirty hands. All of them. I am so disgusted.

Faculty Letter_Draft B “A lawyer, as a member of the legal profession, is a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice.” Preamble,...

docs.google.com/document/d/1... This is the letter drafted by law professors in their individual capacities at Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. Please share!!

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company Held by ICE for 12 Days Over Visa Renewal, Canadian Actress Tells Her Story | Amanpour and Company

Canadian actress held by ICE for 12 day. OMFG 😡😡😡 youtu.be/ve1SUlzh7vo?...

The Fork in the Road | Mark Greif There may well be normalcy again. But it lies on the other side—not in accommodation to this malevolent insanity, run by lackeys and toads. The risk of overreaction is trivial compared to the risks of...

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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

The NY judge in charge of the criminal case against Mayor Adams is Dale Ho — former ACLU lawyer who Republicans tried to keep off the court. Sweet!!

Face the State | Feb. 9, 2025 On this week's Face the State, we discuss Trump's recent executive orders, take a deep dive into Project 2025 and the childcare affordability crisis.

www.10tv.com/video/news/p... I am the first clip after the intro. Fun interview on Trump’s atrocities.

Remember when courts said Biden overstepped his authority when he tried to rescind some student loan debt? Are those courts going to rein in Trump’s outrageous overreach? Waiting …

Trump ban on gender affirming care extends to age 19. They are coming after adults. States have historically defined age of consent for health care. But states rights are out the window under Trump.

In case you missed it, Trump is now blaming the hiring of disabled people for the airline crash. Of course.

There is no need to apologize for being a decent human with love for the Lord and fellow humans. Good on her for following the Lord and telling Lord Dump Truck off in such a beautiful, Godly way. She is my new hero.

You are correct but X chromosome does develop before Y chromosome so the first sex designation after conception would be female. So Trump is either nonbinary or female but definitely not male according to his own EO.

Do not let them in unless they have a warrant signed by a judge. A criminal warrant. Not an ICE warrant. Leave the door shut.

Not getting attention but Trump administration is beginning to dismantle disability accessibility. Waiting for ramps to start being removed both figuratively and literally.

Trump’s gender executive order makes everyone female by defining sex “at conception.” Guess we just elected our first female President!

The real headline from today’s Trump case is that 4 Justices are completely in Trump’s pocket. Their immunity ruling was as broad as it seemed.

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This article by Ruth Colker argues that despite the First Amendment's disallowance of religious establishment, the #UnitedStates exhibits Christian favoritism in its #political & #legal systems.

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"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas" U.S. v. Skrmetti could have "enormous impact" for the "whole field of sex discrimination," law professor warns.

www.salon.com/2024/12/10/i... Great article about transgender case. It’s all about the cruelty. And has implications for sex discrimination doctrine.

They no longer tie children’s arms to the bed following eye surgery. It’s my earliest memory. Barbaric.

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I had a memory today. I was 4, and awake in hospital after eye surgery. My eyes were bandaged shut. My arms were tied to bed. I was terrified. But my mother said that a cousin had lent me a phonograph player so I could listen to music in hospital. I went from sad to happy in an instant. #disability

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In this case, SFFA has challenged any consideration of race by the Naval Academy in its admissions process. After an intense one-year period of discovery and a nine-day bench trial, this Court has found that the Academy's admissions program withstands the strict scrutiny mandated by the Harvard case. The Naval Academy has established a compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps in the Navy and Marine Corps. Furthermore, that interest is indeed measurable, and the Academy's admissions program is narrowly tailored to meet that interest. In short, this Court defers to the executive branch with respect to military personnel decisions. Specifically, as noted by Justice Kavanaugh in Austin v. United States Navy Seals, "the President of the United States, not [this] federal judge" ultimately makes such decisions,108 Accordingly, based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, this Court enters the following: ORDER IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT Judgment shall be ENTERED in favor of Defendants and AGAINST Plaintiff Students for Fair Admissions. Pill D. Bentt Richard D. Bennett United States Senior District Judge

BREAKING: Federal judge rejects a challenge to the use of race in Naval Academy admissions policies.

The lawsuit was brought by the group that successfully sued to end race-conscious admissions policies in colleges. In that opinion, SCOTUS noted that it was not ruling regarding service academies.

Listening to oral argument, I am struck by Kavanaugh’s stupidity. No, the Constitution doesn’t come with rule book saying what are correct outcomes. It requires Court to protect groups from discrimination. He wants to abdicate that role. Sort of like Senate abdicating its role to advise and consent.

This is the energy we will need!!

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the landmark lawsuit, U.S. v. Skrmetti. The case could have major impacts on the trans community, bodily autonomy, and the future of our movement.

Tune in tomorrow, December 4th, starting at 10 a.m. EST: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...