May 20, 2012

LEGAL DIGEST EXCLUSIVE: RIP SNORT INTERVIEWS LAW DAWG ON THE PERRY CAMPAIGN AND RELATED ISSUES

The Digest is pleased to bring you our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW featuring RIP SNORT, INTREPID REPORTER and FRIEND OF THE TRUTH, and THE DAWG HIMSELF in a wide ranging review of the Rick Perry for President Campaign. SNORT: Snort, here. Rip Snort. Intrepid Reporter. Friend of the Truth. DAWG: Yes, yes, we know all that about [...]

Evolution Of Free Speech Claims

When I was learning school law as a young lawyer, it was predictable that any lawsuit about religion filed against a public school district was probably filed by someone who was a member of a minority religion. Suits were filed by non-believers, or people who were members of some group other than the dominant, mainstream [...]

Warning: Bad Language Below

I would not want to be an educator these days.  Consider the case of Principal McGonigle of the Blue Mountain School District in Pennsylvania.  One month after he disciplined an 8th grade honor student for dress code violations, Mr. McGonigle discovered that this student had created a fake profile of him on MySpace.  The profile [...]

Hooray! It’s RIF Day!

I drove past a public school today that had a sign out front that said “HOORAY!  IT’S RIF DAY!!”  This struck me as strange.  Why would public school employees be excited about a Reduction in Force?  Don’t they know that a RIF means that people are going to lose their jobs?  Who would be in [...]

The Dawg’s Guide to Artistic Expression by School Employees

Q. Why do you want to provide this Guide, Dawg? A. We are not a Guide Dawg. We are a Law Dawg. Q. Sorry.  Let me rephrase.  What’s this all about? A.  This is about reflections on the case of Murmer v. Chesterfield County School Board, one of the more interesting school law cases you [...]