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A group of Berkeley law students accepted an invitation to dine at the private home of dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, a law professor, then disrupted the event and refused to leave. Bizarrely, this student claims her conduct is protected by the 1st Amendment. Activists are attacking the dean and professor as "white supremacist" and "Zionist."Image
This provides some background on the protest.
A supporter of this protest is calling on people to have the dean swatted. Image
This clip shows the protester was asked to leave repeatedly and refused, even after the homeowners threatened to call police. She held on to the mic, risking pulling an older woman down. She said that because she was a Muslim women, she could not be touched.
The protest group is circulating this email. Does this describe the video? The protester, Malak Afaneh, claims the professor, Catherine Fisk, placed her in a chokehold, causing her hijab to tighten and impede her ability to breathe, and then touched her breasts inappropriately. Image
This is a good point I hadn't thought of. When the trespasser said to a homeowner, "Fine, call the police," she was expressing her intention not to leave voluntarily.

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Apr 11
I appeared on this @KTVU news segment, which unfortunately grants far too much air time to Malak Afaneh, the law student who disrupted the Berkeley dean’s dinner. But it’s interesting to hear her thinking. She seems pretty smug for someone who claims to have suffered an attack.
“We felt that this dinner was, you know, a disgusting and extravagant and lavish display of wealth that was already being funneled using our tuition money for this genocide.”

So, Afaneh’s chief complaint was that the dinner was tacky. Instead of declining the invitation, she decided to ruin the event for everyone. Note she had no knowledge of whether a penny of tuition money was being spent on the dinner. (Here’s a shot of the intolerable extravagance, for the record.)Image
“We were invited to the premises, and we would willfully leave the premises. So that had always been the plan. We had even done a criminal defense consult with the National Lawyers Guild who, you know, pretty much thought that this was a pretty low-risk action.”

Here is a screenshot of Afaneh willfully REFUSING to leave, even after the homeowners told her over and over that she was unwelcome. (Sad that she has almost completed law school and doesn’t seem to know what “willfully” means.) I notice she doesn’t say the NLG told her the action was legal, only that it was “low risk.” 🤔Image
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Dec 13, 2023
The fact that taxpayers are still paying for security for Fauci after his retirement was uncovered by a FOIA request. I haven’t found any information about how much this costs us. Is there anyone other than former presidents and families who has received this treatment?
This is what it looks like when Fauci arrives anywhere, thanks to your tax dollars.
Here Fauci discusses what it's like to have permanent 24/7 security. "Permanent"? 🤨
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Nov 13, 2023
What kind of egomaniac thinks having a fairly common bad thing happen to her is “proof” that God does not exist?
"That’s out of context." Here's the context. Change anyone's opinion?

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Regarding her injury, Rapinoe stated: “I don’t deserve this. I’ll tell you that much. I’m a better person than this.”

Such humility. 🙄
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Aug 19, 2023
I offer this thread in appreciation for the beautiful parade of humanity who exercised their First Amendment rights to speak out in favor of the rights of families during the @OrangeUnifiedCA board meeting on Thursday. This is what democracy looks like.🧵 1/ Image
“It doesn’t matter what side you’re on, as long as you’re in a happy, healthy family, parents should be involved in their students’ lives and daily activities. No secrets kept away from parents. Parents should know everything about their children while they’re in school.” 2/
“As a gay man, I’m going to talk to my community about this… Who you are is not something to be afraid of. It’s not something to hide from your parents… Talk to your parents. They love you. Be proud of who you are.” 3/
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Jul 21, 2023
This state senator and the state Attorney General both graduated from prestigious law schools, so they must be aware the claims in this letter that Chino Valley’s policy of informing parents of their children’s gender dysphoria is illegal/unconditional are spurious. 🧵
Bonta claims “Courts have recognized that gender identity is a protected privacy right” but his legal citations do not support his claim. This kind of deception gets lawyers into trouble in court. Image
Bonta cites a general right to privacy under the state constitution, but fails to cite any case applying this right to gender identity, much less in the context of a child’s right to keeping information private from their parents.
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Jul 17, 2023
Two cases challenging AB2098, California’s Covid medical censorship law, had oral argument today in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The state’s attorney was grilled and struggled to respond. Clips of the highlights in this thread. 1/7
Judge Forrest pointed out California already has a scheme in place to address when doctors who engage in misconduct. The unique aspect of AB2098 is that it hones in on Covid and requires doctors conform to the “contemporary scientific consensus.” 2/
Judge Forrest points out that there has been a great deal of disagreement in the medical community about Covid, and therefore, passing a law that requires doctors to conform to the some idea of medical consensus “seems odd.” 3/
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