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Countering Jihadi Cool And The Case Of Raza V. City Of New York, Caroline Joan S. Picart
Countering Jihadi Cool And The Case Of Raza V. City Of New York, Caroline Joan S. Picart
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
This Article begins with an explanation of the rhetoric, aesthetics, and culture of jihadi cool/chic, which is a crucial factor in the formation of self-radicalizing individuals. It then analyzes the jurisprudence, and legal and cultural ramifications of Raza v. City of New York, in which the New York Police Department had initiated an intense covert surveillance operation that focused on Muslims in New York and beyond without probable cause. This led to a lawsuit that claimed that the New York Police Department’s Muslim Surveillance Program violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses, …
Banned Books & Banned Identities: Maintaining Secularism And The Ability To Read In Public Education For The Well-Being Of America's Youth, Megan M. Tylenda
Banned Books & Banned Identities: Maintaining Secularism And The Ability To Read In Public Education For The Well-Being Of America's Youth, Megan M. Tylenda
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
Books containing LGBTQ+ themes and characters are being removed from public school libraries at a rapid rate across the United States. While a book challenge has made it to the Supreme Court once before, the resulting singular plurality opinion left courts without a clear test to apply, ultimately leaving students’ First Amendment rights in the air. Additionally, the increasingly relaxed view of courts towards religious influence in public schools indicates that if a modern case were to reach the Supreme Court, religious challenges may be accepted, which would leave LGBTQ+ students who seek to see themselves represented in literature without …