Students participating in the Sixth-Grade Challenge Program at the Valley Stream District 24 recently debated a First Amendment Supreme Court case in an authentic federal courtroom.
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By Juan Lasso
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5/31/24
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It was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent . . .
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By Alan Singer
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5/6/21
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Thinking about allegations of “fake news,” assertions that Covid-19 is a hoax and the denial of climate change in the face of expert testimony and extreme weather events, I began to wonder: How do we know what we think we know?
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By Robert Scott
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11/5/20
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Sometimes a black hole opens in a culture and civility falls in. History teaches us that sometimes, good will and decency are trumped by avarice and authoritarianism. Read the stories of the Salem witch trials . . .
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5/15/20
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And so it began — the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump opened on Tuesday. If ever there were a Shakespearean moment in American political history, this would be it.
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1/24/20
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Nearly two years after she filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Capitol Police, which protect Congress, Bellmorite Chris Sourgoutsis is getting her day in court. Sourgoutsis, 35, filed …
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By Alyssa Seidman and Andrew Garcia
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11/7/19
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz urged jurors in the retrial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, Linda, to pay attention to the timing of gifts provided to the couple …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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1/25/19
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A mistrial was declared on Thursday, Day 47 of the trial of former Nassau county Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, Linda.
Jurors remained deadlocked on a verdict after nearly nine days of deliberations.
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By Eden Laikin and Erik Hawkins
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5/31/18
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On Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond Tierney told the jury in the 10-week corruption trial of former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano that …
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By Eden Laikin and Laura Lane
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5/18/18
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The Merrick physician facing federal charges of illegally prescribing opioids, and causing the overdose deaths of two South Shore men, began on Wednesday, with prosecutors calling Dr. Michael Belfiore “a dealer, not a healer,” and Belfiore's defense attorney insisting that the doctor is being unfairly prosecuted.
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By Erik Hawkins
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4/19/18
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