William A. Jacobson is an American lawyer, Cornell Law School clinical professor, and conservative blogger.
[17][18][19] He has participated in numerous speaking engagements on the matter, most notably events at Harvard Law School (hosted by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) in association with Alliance for Israel),[20][21][22] Cornell University (sponsored by Cornellians For Israel),[23] Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors,[24] and the Florida Region of CAMERA.
[25] When Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi spoke to third graders at an elementary school in Ithaca, New York, in 2015, Jacobson covered the event on his blog.
[26] Jacobson filed a Freedom of Information Law request with the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) to further investigate the circumstances surrounding the speaking event.
Jacobson described Black Lives Matter's founders as "anti-American, anti-capitalist activists, who want to destroy capitalism, in an act of revenge.
[34] The lawsuit argues that the department directive is "patently unconstitutional" because it uses racial preferences in determining whether someone qualifies to receive medical treatment, which violates the Fourteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act, and other federal statutes.