Pro-Palestinian Berkeley law student argues she had right to crash Jewish dean’s backyard party
Middle East,Free Speech,Berkeley,Gaza,Israel
Legal experts pushed back this week on a pro-Palestinian student’s assertion she was exercising her First Amendment rights when she interrupted a private dinner party at the home of the University of California at Berkeley law dean. The incident Tuesday involved UC Berkeley law student Malak Afaneh, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, law Professor Catherine Fisk, during the first of three celebratory dinners at their home for third-year law students, the LA Times reports. At one point during the meal, Afaneh stood up and began giving a speech recognizing...
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