Protesters have spoken out against Washington University’s administration after the WashU Police Department (WUPD) carried out more than 100 arrests at a pro-Palestine encampment, with some calling the response unnecessarily violent, April 27.
Former President Donald Trump was indicted this month over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He plans to fight the charges in part by claiming that the prosecution would violate his right to freedom of speech. Not so, says First Amendment expert Greg Magarian.
A proposed rule that would restrict minors’ access to public library books without parental consent "would make Missourians less free and less informed," said Greg Magarian, a professor of law and a First Amendment expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Voters in this year's midterm elections, to be held nationwide Nov. 8, will be motivated by a number of hot-button issues, including abortion, climate change, voting rights, the economy and more. Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts weigh in on some of the issues that will be top of voters’ minds as they head to the polls.
A voting rights filibuster "carve-out" or making an exception to the 60-vote legislative filibuster would create a slippery slope for Democrats, says an expert on constitutional law at Washington University in St. Louis.