KATV interview about the recent defamation case I litigated to a successful jury verdict for compensatory and punitive damages:
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Robert Steinbuch
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Robert Steinbuch
@RobSteinbuch
Law professor. Author of treatise on Ark. Freedom of Information Act. Former US DOJ and Sen. Judiciary Comm. Atty.
Little Rock, AR Katılım Ocak 2016
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Must read: @RobSteinbuch 's scathing indictment of alleged pro-Iran-regime @khamenei_ir activism and antisemitism at @UArkansas King Fahd Center
@UARKMEST.
@ArkansasOnline
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At 7:30 p.m. on #ARWeek, professor of law @RobSteinbuch moderates a conversation with @ArkansasSenate Education Committee Vice-Chair @SullivanForAR and @CALibrarySystem Executive Director Nate Coulter about the role that libraries play in Arkansas.
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Check out this documentary from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Recognize anyone?
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AI will ruin law school. AI And Langdell Cannot Co-Exist In The Law School Classroom. @RobSteinbuch
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Somebody had to say it.
#lawschool #lawprofessors #lawstudents #HigherEducation
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Public Universities And Law Schools Should Prioritize In-State Students To Educate And Empower Those Building Their State's Future
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By @RobSteinbuch (@UALR)
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WATCH: Law Professor @RobSteinbuch joins Conduit for an in-depth discussion on various pieces of legislation that would amend our Freedom of Information Act.
Steinbuch, who is also a member of the FOIA Task Force, shares his thoughts on the Arkansas ACCESS Act — the Governor’s key piece of legislation reforming higher ed — and raises concerns about the language regarding tenured professors.
In this interview:
01:20 — Senate Bill 227 by Sen. C. Tucker — a FOIA bill that would tighten up the language regarding public meetings for elected officials
05:54 — Senate Bill 376 by Sen. A. Clark; Steinbuch addresses concerns about this bill — which is also another FOIA bill — this one says two public officials can talk, but no more than three, then that’s a meeting.
10:35 Did Sen. Clark sneak SB376 through committee for passage? Steinbuch says hardly.
15:36 — Will an amendment be made to SB376 to address the “daisy chain”?
17:72 — What happens if SB227 and SB376 are passed into law? Aren’t they on opposite ends of the spectrum?
19:20 — Steinbuch and GL talk about the Conduit Scorecard. How do we determine what bills to track? It’s all about economic freedom.
24:17 — HB1621 by Rep. Wardlaw: FOIA Exemption to Shield Politicians from the Public A terrible bill that essentially provides an exemption from FOIA for politicians and government workers.
25:46 — HB1492 by Rep. Gramlich: New Devices for All School Employees — Another FOIA bill. It would require a panic alert device for every individual employed by a government school. The device would send alerts to law enforcement and send a lockdown notification. However, all records related to the use of the devices would be exempt from the freedom of information law.
27:33 — SB248 by Sen. C. Tucker. Consensus bill from the AG’s working group.
30:55 — SJR1 by Sen. B. King: Constitutional Amendment to Require 3/4th Vote to Change the Freedom of Information Law A good proposed amendment that mimics the previous FOIA proposal.
33:04 — The Arkansas ACCESS Act HB1512/SB246 — Higher Ed reform. Overall, a good bill that seeks to strip out the indoctrination in higher education.
35:29 — However, the ACCESS Act gives power to higher ed administrators to fire people for unprofessional conduct — but what that conduct is, is undefined. Steinbuch says this is dangerous and would adversely affect conservative tenured professors the most.
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#ARLEG #ARPX #ARNEWS
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@elonmusk As the author of the treatise on the Arkansas FOIA, I've been largely saying this for years!! Amen brother!
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There should be no need for FOIA requests. All government data should be default public for maximum transparency.
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Elon Musk: Unless it's a massive risk to the country, all government information should be public. “I think that the strong bias with respect to government information should be to make it available to the public. Let's be as transparent as possible. Fully transparent. Unless it's a massive risk to the country – we don't want to give, say, exact instructions on how to make a nuclear bomb or something like that – but unless there's a genuine risk to the country, all information in the government should be public.” Philadelphia, October 18, 2024
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Surprise, surprise: the chamber of commerce endorsed Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott's failed sales-tax increase. They do not represent the people's interests.
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Another superb column by @RobSteinbuch about the rabid antisemitism of @UArkansas 's King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies. He offers some useful suggestions for the Arkansas legislature to address this. arkansasonline.com/news/2024/oct/…
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Bait and switch (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), Sep 20, 2024 This is an enlightening article exposing the antisemitic bias being allowed at the University of #Arkansas in Fayetteville. It is shameful. It is time for the @UofA_System to act. #arpx ao.pressreader.com/article/282046…
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Fascism at work: Attorney and FOIA advocate arrested at Bar Association convention, accused of soliciting petition signatures arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes
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In a matter of minutes @JenStanderfer has become Arkansas's Scottie Scheffler. Go Jen Go. @Eliza_Gaines @AKempWimberley @blakerutherford @RobSteinbuch @ademillo @ArkPressWomen @documentaryprof @dshameer @MikeWickline @ArkansasBlog
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Jen Standerfer, an attorney and leader in the campaign to protect Arkansas's Freedom of Information Act, was arrested and handcuffed in front of a room full of judges and attorneys today. This is a developing story, and we'll have more to come. buff.ly/3KGxkZE
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@NateBell4AR @JLRIII @JenStanderfer @Eliza_Gaines @AKempWimberley @blakerutherford @ademillo @ArkPressWomen @documentaryprof @dshameer @MikeWickline @ArkansasBlog That's not the hash tag! It's #standwithfer
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@AGTennessee Fyi, in that excellent Supreme Court opinion, Justice Thomas cited my coauthored article: "Mismatch and Bar Passage: A School-Specific Analysis," published in the Journal of Legal Education. (I live in a state with an AG who signed your letter.)
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"If the ABA’s standards continue to insist on treating students and faculty differently based on the color of their skin, they will burden every law school in America with punitive civil rights litigation," said AG Skrmetti.
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Today, I filed a civil lawsuit against Bart Hester for defamation with malice.
This case is about protecting civil public discourse.
It is about an apparent inability to have a grown-up conversation without someone defaming another person.
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Reporting on Jones v. Hester by @BlueHogReport with link to lawsuit in story.
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We tried other routes to correct this wrong quietly in the way gentlemen should handle their differences.
Bart chose confrontation.
And so, he will have it.
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