Trump Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Parents Who Sued over Merrick Garland School Board Memo

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Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Parents Who Sued over Merrick Garland School Board Memo That Sparked Conservative Outrage

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Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Parents Who Sued over Merrick Garland School Board Memo...
A little less than a year ago, Merrick Garland issued a single-page memo that denounced threats of violence and intimidation against school teachers, administrators and staff.
3:00 PM · Sep 23, 2022

https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/trump-appointed-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-by-parents-who-sued-over-merrick-garland-school-board-memo-that-sparked-conservative-outrage/

A little less than a year ago, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a single-page memo that denounced threats of violence and intimidation against school teachers, administrators and staff. The memo quickly sparked outrage from conservative media and lawmakers on Capitol Hill — and even a federal lawsuit from parents claiming it was a blueprint to “silence” them.

On Friday, a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump jettisoned the lawsuit, finding that the parents and the groups representing them misread the less than 300-word memo.

“The alleged AG Policy is not regulatory, proscriptive, or compulsory in nature because it does not impose any regulations, requirements, or enforcement actions on individuals,” U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich noted in a 10-page ruling. “None of the documents that the plaintiffs allege establish the policy create an imminent threat of future legal actions against anyone, much less the plaintiffs.”

Dated Oct. 4, 2021, the memo did not mention “parents,” let alone target them for retribution. It reported a spike of threats and harassment against schools. At the time, schools across the United States faced protests over COVID-19 policies and policies regarding transgender students, but the memo itself did not cite this context.

In fact, the memo expressly supported the First Amendment rights of parents or anyone else to speak their mind about school policies.

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There should be sanctions for filing such a bullshit lawsuit.

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1. As long as the crazies have an uncle who's a lawyer

They'll attempt school lawsuits.

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2. K&R

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3. Fuck you OFF "Outraged" Vicious Assholes1

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4. This lawsuit made no sense to me

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5. MAGAts outraged over a denouncement of violence. Of course.

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