Month: July 2020

One of the largest Florida teachers unions sued the state on Monday, in an effort to halt next month’s planned restart of classroom instruction.  The lawsuit says classroom instruction poses “imminent threat to the public health, safety and welfare” of its members, students and parents. Citing the state’s position as a leading U.S. coronavirus hot spot, the Florida Education Association (FEA) argued in its lawsuit that in-class instruction violates the state constitution’s guarantee of a “safe” education for children.

The union’s complaint against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials asks the state Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County for an emergency order halting classroom in-class instruction to avoid “irreparable harm.”  The complaint added, “The spread of COVID-19 that will result from the unsafe reopening of schools during the surge is not limited to students, teachers, school administrators, or school staff and will undoubtably spread to their families and communities.”

With new coronavirus infections having topped 10,000 per day for nearly a week, Florida has emerged as one of the country’s epicenters for the pandemic in recent weeks.

Florida’s largest teachers union sues state over reopening schools

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07/20/2020 3:46 PM

 

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The attorney suspected of posing as a FedEx delivery man to shoot the husband and son of a New Jersey federal judge Sunday identified himself as an “anti-feminist” and “men’s rights” attorney. 

Roy Den Hollander was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday night in Liberty, N.Y. the FBI identified him as the man suspected of killing the judge’s son and injuring her husband. The FBI said Den Hollander posed as a deliveryman and fired a weapon into the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, killing her 20-year-old son, Daniel Anderl, and wounding her husband, criminal defense attorney Mark Anderl. Judge Salas was in the basement and was not injured in the shooting. The suspect had appeared before Judge Salas on a case where he argued on behalf of a woman and her daughter who tried to register for the U.S. Selective Service. Salas ruled against Den Hollander’s motions in the case, but allowed other parts of the case to continue. On Den Hollander’s website, now removed, the lawyer posted anti-feminist manifestos including a rant where he disparaged Salas personally, saying he disliked working with female judges of Latin American descent because he claimed they were “driven by an inferiority complex.

Salas’ husband, Mark Anderl, 63, is currently in stable condition after undergoing surgery Sunday evening. Salas, 51, was the first Hispanic woman to serve as a federal judge in New Jersey and she was appointed to the position by President Obama in 2010. She has handled a wide range of high-profile cases, and recently she presided over an ongoing lawsuit brought by Deutsche Bank investors who made numerous allegations including it failed to monitor “high-risk” clients like the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Suspect in federal judge’s home ambush railed against her in misogynistic book

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The writings are littered with language common among the most extreme anti-feminist communities…

07/20/2020 5:59 PM