Accreditation Creates Constitutional Liability
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Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
Example wrong choices
14237_harvest_table_radio_segment · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice ANo, because the state's accreditation and partial funding of the institute are sufficient to make the state an active participant in Mary's discharge.
Why it's attractive
The choice treats real state contacts as enough even though the firing itself has no state link.
Why it's wrong
The choice treats real state contacts as enough even though the firing itself has no state link.
14237_harvest_table_radio_segment · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BNo, because the U.S. Constitution provides a cause of action against any state-accredited school that restricts freedom of speech as a condition of employment.
Why it's attractive
The word any creates an overbroad bridge from accreditation to a constitutional lawsuit.
Why it's wrong
The word any creates an overbroad bridge from accreditation to a constitutional lawsuit.
14237_harvest_table_radio_segment · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DYes, because the First and Fourteenth Amendments affirmatively protect the institute's right to employ only instructors who share and communicate its views.
Why it's attractive
It grants the motion but changes the reason from Mary's missing state action to an affirmative right for the institute.
Why it's wrong
It grants the motion but changes the reason from Mary's missing state action to an affirmative right for the institute.
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