Omar Noureldin

Jan 19, 2021

We’re Having the Wrong Debate on Free Speech: Entitlement and the First Amendment

Four years too late or better late than never? That is one of the questions being asked and answered in the aftermath of Twitter’s decision to suspend President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account permanently. Regardless of where you land on the answer to that question, one thing is obvious: we…

First Amendment

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First Amendment

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Jun 20, 2020

Congress Has Constitutional Power to Set National Police Conduct Standards

If anything is clear from the recent coast-to-coast protests against the horrific killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, it is that excessive police force is not a local problem, but a national one of the highest order. With its disproportionate impact on Black people, police brutality threatens any sense…

Constitution

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Constitution

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Jun 20, 2020

A Win for LGBTQ Equality or for Textualism at the Supreme Court?

When the news broke of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton, protecting LGBTQ people in the workplace, many reports and commentators, including myself, claimed it as an outright win for LGBTQ equality. But as I read Justice Neil Gorsuch’s textualist opinion, I realized what sort of long-term…

LGBTQ

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LGBTQ

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