(No, this doesn't mean I'm back to "regular blogging"-- if I can do an occasional post I will, but for the time being I'm still limiting my efforts to column commitments.)
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Too Much, Magic Bus
(No, this doesn't mean I'm back to "regular blogging"-- if I can do an occasional post I will, but for the time being I'm still limiting my efforts to column commitments.)
Points of Clarification
Inspired by this comment...
The colleges involved are public.
Even so, private parties can and have been successfully sued for violating civil rights. Cases in point, landlords for rent discrimination, employers for EEO violations, businesses for segregated services... And Title IX opens college athletics programs up for all kinds of imposed requirements.
And then there's Section 1983...
It goes beyond race as well, and enters into the ideological -- hence we have lawsuits against Christian bakers for refusing to supply a "gay wedding" cake, and suits over "matters of conscience"...
Note I never specifically defined the legal action I anticipated as being limited to 2A -- not being a lawyer, I'd hesitate to predict what role that would play as a part of a complaint. My contention here is that the college gun ban is not enforceable and is challengeable -- by the right plaintiff with the right lawyer producing the right arguments in the right jurisdiction. My opinion is that, if handled properly, it is winnable.
The colleges involved are public.
Even so, private parties can and have been successfully sued for violating civil rights. Cases in point, landlords for rent discrimination, employers for EEO violations, businesses for segregated services... And Title IX opens college athletics programs up for all kinds of imposed requirements.
And then there's Section 1983...
It goes beyond race as well, and enters into the ideological -- hence we have lawsuits against Christian bakers for refusing to supply a "gay wedding" cake, and suits over "matters of conscience"...
Note I never specifically defined the legal action I anticipated as being limited to 2A -- not being a lawyer, I'd hesitate to predict what role that would play as a part of a complaint. My contention here is that the college gun ban is not enforceable and is challengeable -- by the right plaintiff with the right lawyer producing the right arguments in the right jurisdiction. My opinion is that, if handled properly, it is winnable.