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msanthrope

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8. I have no doubt that K&E is either pro bono or thinks they will be able to

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 10:34 AM

Jul 2014

recover from the defendant... after all this is a civil rights case. But don't hold me on that while I know federal recovery I don't know New York state law very well.

Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP bankrolled the Brown plaintiffs.... and nobody in their right mind today seems to have a problem with that. I think it smacks of paternalism when you insinuate that it's OK to file one type of suit but not another.

I think the question we have to ask ourselves is why these parents felt so abandoned by the system that they went the route that they did.

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A request to another DUer to discuss an issue: [View all] msanthrope Jul 2014 OP

Is there an actual JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #1

I believe this is it: Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2014 #2

Here's a link-- msanthrope Jul 2014 #4

Thanks for providing the link. At least I know what you're talking about. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #3

Oh, I get what madflo is saying. But I see it as a struggle between the civil rights of students msanthrope Jul 2014 #5

Nod. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #6

I have no doubt that K&E is either pro bono or thinks they will be able to msanthrope Jul 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Aug 2014 #14

This post should be an OP in GD...it's perfect. msanthrope Aug 2014 #15

I totally agree - interesting - from one of the PDF's I accessed JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #7

Yes...the story of the twins is an excellent example of what these parents msanthrope Jul 2014 #9

I'm sorry ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #10

Teacher's unions aren't concerned about students, but they claim to be when it suits them. And msanthrope Jul 2014 #11

If teaching is such an impossible job that people stop wanting to do it under such negative Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2014 #12

Unions, by definition, are only concerned about their workers. joshcryer Jul 2014 #13

Speaking as a public school teacher and former union representative ... kwassa Aug 2014 #16

We do not disagree as much as you my think ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #17