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But the majority of antisemitic violence in this country comes from the far right, not from student activists or faculty critics of Israeli policy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Safety , Law

Simplified: Majority of antisemitic violence in US comes from far right not student activists

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Dozens of left-of-center Jewish organizations, including J Street and members of the Progressive Israel Network, have rejected writing the alliance’s definition into law for precisely those reasons an... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Jewish organizations rejected writing IHRA definition into law and members of Congress rejected codifying definition last year

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Members of the National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the country, recently voted to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League over its conflation of Palestinian rights advocacy... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Law

Simplified: National Education Association members voted to cut ties with Anti-Defamation League over conflation of Palestinian rights and antisemitism

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The California Teachers Association, one of the state’s most influential unions, has come out strongly against A.B. 715, warning that it would undermine academic freedom and chill honest discussions a... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Law

Simplified: California Teachers Association opposes Assembly Bill 715 warning it would undermine academic freedom

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In fact, history tells us that repression of dissent, whether aimed at labor organizers, antiwar activists or racial justice movements, has often been a prelude to wider crackdowns on minority communi... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , History , Law

Simplified: History shows repression of dissent has often preceded crackdowns on minority communities including Jews

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Enacting A.B. 715 would put California’s Democratic lawmakers in lock step with Republican governors, including Ron DeSantis in Florida and Greg Abbott in Texas, who have used International Holocaust... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Enacting Assembly Bill 715 would align California Democrats with Republican governors using IHRA policies

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In 2019, President Trump signed an executive order applying the alliance’s definition to federal agencies, setting the stage for precisely this kind of repression. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , History

Simplified: President Trump signed executive order applying IHRA definition to federal agencies in 2019

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Across the country, students and educators have been investigated, disciplined and even fired under policies that adopt similar definitions of antisemitism as a standard. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Law

Simplified: Students and educators have been investigated disciplined and fired under similar antisemitism definitions

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A.B. 715 endangers those students’ rights, along with those of their schools’ teachers, administrators and staff. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Education

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 endangers rights of students teachers administrators and staff

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By writing a version of that definition into law, California would blur the line between hate speech and political speech, empowering institutions to investigate, punish or even ban expression that is... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Censorship

Simplified: California law would blur line between hate speech and political speech empowering institutions to punish protected expression

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It includes political speech critical of Israel — such as calling it an apartheid state or advocating Palestinian rights — as potential examples of antisemitism, too. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Israel , Palestine

Simplified: IHRA definition includes political speech critical of Israel as potential antisemitism

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A.B. 715 would require California’s K-12 public schools to adopt a definition that largely falls in line with the one developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Education

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 would require California K-12 schools to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

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The alliance’s definition goes far beyond identifying antisemitic tropes or hate crimes. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: IHRA definition goes beyond identifying antisemitic tropes or hate crimes

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In reality, it imports one of the most troubling censorship tactics from the Trump era into a deep-blue state. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Censorship

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 imports troubling censorship tactics from Trump era into California

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Assembly Bill 715 is framed as a measure to combat an “antisemitic learning environment.” 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Education

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 is framed as measure to combat antisemitic learning environment

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The settlement for claims against the Boy Scouts has now reached $7 billion, more than the annual expenditure of many U.S. states. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Boy Scouts , Law , Finance

Simplified: Settlement for claims against Boy Scouts has reached $7 billion

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Under Washington’s sanctuary city law, known as the Sanctuary Values Amendment Act of 2020, local police officers have not been permitted to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement authorities... 0.900

👤 Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law Enforcement , Immigration , Law

Simplified: Sanctuary Values Amendment Act of 2020 prohibits local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities except for federal criminal charge...

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The law does not give the president the authority, the letter said, to “alter the chain of command,” to rescind or suspend orders or to “otherwise determine how the District pursues purely local law e... 0.900

👤 Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law , Politics , History

Simplified: The 1973 Home Rule Act does not give the president authority to alter chain of command or rescind orders.

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Mr. Schwalb said the 1973 Home Rule Act, which granted Washington its limited self-government, gave the president the authority “to direct the mayor to provide” the president with police department se... 0.900

👤 Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law , Politics , History

Simplified: 1973 Home Rule Act gives the president authority to direct the mayor to provide police services in an emergency.

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“You are not legally obligated to follow it,” he advised her. 0.900

👤 Brian Schwalb 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law , Politics

Simplified: Mayor Muriel Bowser is not legally obligated to follow Bondi's directive.

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