As it stands, the 9th Circuit ruling threatens to undermine the 5th Amendment: it would allow the government to take private property through successive enactments that each eliminated only a fraction of the property's value, accomplishing by degrees what the government could not do outright.
Higher Education
Safe Schools and Fair Standards
Safe Schools and Fair Standards Key points: Texas’s higher education code is not aligned with Supreme Court precedent on the correct standards for defining harassment. Texas statute does not define what makes conduct “severe,” “persistent,” or “pervasive.” The existing legal framework should remain intact but needs updated definitions that protect both free speech and students...
September 28, 2026