McAdams Estimates His Case Could’ve Cost University $1 Million
What was the cost to Marquette University after the nearly four year battle?
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No Plastic Straws at Marquette: More Dumb Virtue Signaling
Do Marquette students, when their finish their soda, run down to Lake Michigan and throw the straw in? Really?
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Two Important Takeaways from the McAdams Victory
Two thoughts from Jerry Bader before we leave the John McAdams victory over Marquette University to history.
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McAdams and Esenberg on Winning at the Supreme Court
“This case is not binding on courts in other states,” Esenberg said. “It’s not binding on federal courts interpreting the United States Constitution. But it will be persuasive. There are not many cases to address that because most universities don’t try to do what Marquette did, but this was an opportunity to make clear that’s what these concepts mean.”
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Statement from WILL on McAdams Victory
We sincerely hope Marquette University learns from its mistakes and takes the utmost care at preserving free speech on campus. Unfortunately, the response today from Marquette gives us some pause.
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Without WILL, John McAdams Could Not Have Prevailed
The McAdams victory will resonate nationwide. It hard to overstate the impact, particularly for academic intellectuals — such as McAdams — who don’t march to the numbing drum of current campus orthodoxy. A university president who fails to read today’s decision does so at his or her institution’s peril.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules in Favor of McAdams in Academic Freedom Case
Marquette University Political Science Professor John McAdams prevailed at the Wisconsin Supreme Court in his lawsuit against the university to get his job back.
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McAdams v. Marquette, Esenberg on Scaffidi with a Preview
Rick Esenberg, the President and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, appeared on the Steve Scaffidi show on WTMJ on Thursday to give a preview of the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on Friday in McAdams v. Marquette.
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Scaffidi Interviews McAdams Ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court Oral Arguments
“It’s just tedious having this thing just drag on and on,” said McAdams about the long struggle to get his job back at Marquette University. “And I really like being in the classroom teaching and I hate that I’m not being in the classroom teaching.”
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Fiasco: Marquette Discussion of When Life Begins Has No Abortion Opponent
At any university, a discussion on “When Does Human Life Begin” would be an excellent idea. And at any university, at least somebody on the panel should espouse the view that life begins at conception. This should be utterly obvious at a Catholic university.
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