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Ethnic Studies court emergency in Arizona: Only an injunction can prevent irreparable harm
- 11-16-2011
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Blog by Jeff Biggers/Huffington Post
Less than a week before an Administrative Law Judge could make his recommendation on the fate of Arizona's controversial Ethnic Studies ban, plaintiffs for the acclaimed Ethnic Studies/Mexican American Studies program in Tucson filed a motion for a preliminary injunction yesterday in a federal district court, seeking a court order to halt any immediate crackdown. The motion charges that the "vagueness and overbreadth" of the Ethnic Studies ban and "its enforcement by Superintendents (John) Huppenthal and (Tom) Horne violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights," and adds that "statute and its application violate the plaintiffs' rights to Equal Protection, Free Speech and Substantive Due Process." (more...)
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