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3.22.24 Edition
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Washington law students may ‘bypass’ bar exam, Supreme Court rules
Well this is exciting! The state Supreme Court issued two orders last Friday to explore "alternative pathways" to licensing, citing the barriers for becoming a lawyer that disproportionately challenge people of color and lower-income students.
They claim that there is “racism and classism written into the test itself.”
One of the alternative pathways is through apprenticeship, which seems reasonable. But it seems the motivation is what they call “legal deserts” in the state due to the difficulty of passing the bar.
Female Athletes Sue NCAA Over Transgender Competitors in Sports
Over a dozen athletes are involved in this suit.
The suit states that both the NCAA and Georgia Tech, which hosted the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships featuring Lia Thomas, knowingly violated Title IX.
The suit seeks to render any biological males ineligible to compete against female athletes, asks the NCAA to revoke all awards given to trans athletes in women’s competitions and “reassign” them to their female contenders, and requests “damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress, suffering and anxiety, expense costs and other damages due to defendants’ wrongful conduct.”
Mexico says it will not accept deported citizens from Texas
This week included a bit of whiplash for Texas. The Supreme Court issued an order on Tuesday that allowed Texas officials to enforce SB4, which would allow Texas state officials to enforce immigration law by detaining and deporting suspected illegal migrants.
Later in the same day, a three-judge appeals court panel gave a 2-1 ruling after the SCOTUS order, allowing the temporary block to continue, meaning Texas could no longer enforce SB4.
Upon these rulings, Mexico issued a statement criticizing the bill claiming a “legitimate right to protect the rights of its nationals in the United States,” and said it would not accept immigrants deported by Texas officials. And so the saga continues.
British Officials Renew Call for Homeschool Registry, National Database
Homeschool advocate Randall Hardy said, “We’re now in a position where all three major parties believe in the efficacy of a homeschool registry.”
Among other demands, such as regular home visits, the education secretary insisted that all students in England should be given an identification number and entered into a database, which would then be monitored by AI for absence trends.
Attorney Kevin Boden, director of HSLDA International, says that homeschoolers in America should take interest in Britain’s political developments, given that some British lawmakers are framing education issues in a way that reflects trends in our own country.
House members highlight ‘horrific’ organ harvesting of aborted babies
A panel was hosted on Tuesday by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, including included testimony by David Daleiden, founder of the investigative group Center for Medical Progress, and Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising.
They testified that Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics throughout the country are selling the organs and body parts of aborted babies in a lucrative biomaterial black market.
Greene pointed out during the panel discussion that the abortion industry operates with virtually no federal or independent oversight, allowing it to conduct illegal activities.
One undercover video shown by Daleiden during the event showed a Planned Parenthood executive in Washington state projecting her organization would make $250,000 on baby part sales to a single biotech company called StemExpress (now called CGT Global). He also described Planned Parenthood’s partnership with the University of California and the University of Pittsburgh in which the abortion provider receives money in exchange for providing baby body parts.