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Litigation & Arbitration,
Constitutional Law

Nov. 29, 2018

Legal nonprofit deplatformed leading GOP scholar, suit says

The firestorm over deplatforming, in which conservative pundits have not been allowed to speak in public spaces because of their views on hot-button issues, has now engulfed a small legal nonprofit that dedicates itself to finding common ground among adversaries.

Legal nonprofit deplatformed leading GOP scholar, suit says
Conservative legal scholar John Eastman is at the center of a lawsuit by the Pasadena Republican Club against the Western Justice Center. The club sued the center over the 2017 cancellation of Eastman's speech.

The firestorm over deplatforming, in which conservative pundits have not been allowed to speak in public spaces because of their views on hot-button issues, has now engulfed a small legal nonprofit that dedicates itself to finding common ground among adversaries.

The Pasadena Republican Club, the oldest, continuously active Republican club in America, alleging First Amendment violations, sued the Western Justice Center for canceling...

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