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When government breaks the law, can you even sue?

theblaze.com · 14d · first reportShare

On Tuesday, my lawyers from the Goldwater Institute and I will appear before the Arizona Supreme Court to argue a proposition that, until recently, I would have thought too obvious to require lawyers: When the government violates a law enacted to protect you, you ought to be able to ask a court to make it stop. Apparently this is controversial. The question before the Arizona Supreme Court is larger than one professor, one university, or even DEI. My case began with Arizona State University’s mandatory “Inclusive Communities” training . ASU required employees, as a condition of employment, to complete instruction on such fashionable academic doctrines as “whiteness,” “heteronormativity,” and “transformative justice.” An early version included a quiz requiring employees to select approved answers, including that land acknowledgments are important tools of accountability and that DEI should permeate every aspect of the university. The course included material on “white privilege,” “white