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People should challenge this law in court and shot it down. One’s political view is none of the business of a state government, period.
by quantum_state 4y ago
People should challenge this law in court and shot it down. One’s political view is none of the business of a state government, period.
- jeffbee 4y agoPassing obviously illegal laws to be struck down by courts is how the right has been driving their angry voter base for decades. This is just part of the show, and having the court strike it down is a necessary part of the strategy.
- timapplesauce 4y ago
- dang 4y agoWe've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's not allowed, regardless of which politics/ideology you're battling for or against. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- jaldhar 4y agoNow do “common-sense gun control”. Politicians of all stripes do this because it works.
- burrows 4y agoThe state (thru taxes) is funding the universities, right? Speaking for myself, if I was funding a university I would do things to encourage intellectual diversity. I’m more sympathetic to the more general view that education is not the business of state governments, period.
- mhh__ 4y agoIntellectual diversity imposed upon universities (rather than being some quasi-constitutional thing to sue over) is in my view solely of use to grifters and morons. It sounds like a nice idea but it's so easily manipulated (especially by politicians looking to signal to their base rather than actually fix something even out of naivete)
- throwoutway 4y agoIt’s already happening by left-wing politics. Discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31149311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31149311
- joshuamorton 4y agoHow is that intellectual diversity? Isn't the common refrain that we should be enforcing intellectual diversity and not other kinds, specifically because the other kinds of diversity don't result in intellectual diversity? Of course, you shouldn't worry yourself over this too much, Canada's not the US, and while that is a government mandated policy there, it would be illegal here.
- joshuamorton 4y ago> if I was funding a university I would do things to encourage intellectual diversity. The first amendment prohibits the state from doing such a thing. They must allow diversity of opinion, they cannot require it (this would be silly, where does it end, Edwards v. Aguillard and Kitzmiller v. Dover seem pretty clear on this).
- burrows 4y agoThe first amendment places limits on the conditions that a state government can attach to university funding?
- joshuamorton 4y ago
- nradov 4y agoI think this is a bad law, but what specific legal theory could be used to challenge it in court? Please cite the specific section of the law that is in violation of the US Constitution or federal law?