'A difficult position': Colleges sued by pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel protesters over First Amendment
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters apparently agree on one thing: Universities are violating their First Amendment rights. Source link
Tag: Protesters
Americans Are With Israel and Dislike Protesters – HotAir
I’m not even going to bother to report on the results of the Harvard/Harris poll regarding the presidential race. If the results hold up Joe Biden is going to be spending a lot more time in Delaware. The cake is not fully baked, of course, but if the election were held today a lot of […]
University of San Francisco Removes Tents and Protesters Are Upset – HotAir
This wasn’t the usual clash of police and protesters. The University of San Francisco reached an agreement with students who promised to remove their tents from campus yesterday. But when school staff showed up to remove them some of the protesters were outraged, calling the clean-up a “raid.” Susu Steyteyieh, a student organizer for the […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus. Source link
Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in D.C. to mark a painful present and past
Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and voicing criticism of the Israeli and American governments as they marked a painful present – the war in Gaza – and past – the exodus of some 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were forced from what is now Israel when the […]
Northwestern University accused of caving to protesters as House opens antisemitism probe
Northwestern University’s decision to cut a deal with anti-Israel student protesters may have created more problems than it solved. The House Education and the Workforce Committee added Northwestern to its list of universities under investigation for campus antisemitism, accusing the leadership of caving in to campus protesters with its “shameful agreement” agreeing to fund Palestinian […]
Chicago officials seek to shield Biden from protesters at Democratic convention by denying permits
Chicago’s Democratic mayor is moving to keep protesters miles away from the Democratic National Convention in the city in August, blocking pro-Palestinian protesters’ requests for permits to help insulate President Biden. A lawyer representing one of the planned protests calls the city’s actions a heavy-handed, unconstitutional restriction of free speech. College campuses across the U.S. […]
UT-Austin Faculty Council Voted on a Call for Amnesty for Protesters – HotAir
The University of Texas-Austin is handling campus protests a little differently than some other universities. UT-A’s Faculty Council met on Tuesday morning to vote on a resolution defending the First Amendment on campus and a call for amnesty for protesters who were arrested. The council did the right thing. It did not bow to the […]
Anarchist Group Says It Torched Police Cars in Support of Pro-Palestinian Protesters – HotAir
Last Friday I wrote about a curious case of arson that happened a police vehicle lot in Portland. When Portland police arrived at a department training facility to help with a fire on Thursday morning, they found at least 15 patrol vehicles burning. The Portland Police Bureau is searching for a suspected arsonist who they […]
Student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law, Ohio AG warns
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s top lawyer has advised the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country, […]