A federal district court rejects the argument that the documentary will violate trade secret rights related to "a long-lost photograph that purportedly depicts Abraham Lincoln lying wounded on the night of his assassination."
The injunction, the court held, is an unconstitutional prior restraint.
And that's true even if state graffiti law provided probable cause for the arrest, so long as there's evidence that chalking with other messages almost never leads to arrests.
Regina Ip spins a fantasy of a just government restoring order to Hong Kong.
An interesting decision, on a motion for default judgment.
(at least unless she gets case-by-case permission to enter that property). But a federal district judge has correctly held that this likely violated the First Amendment.
"The Croziers allege that the teacher 'lied to intentionally defame and label A.C. as a 'racist who said the N-word.'"
This would include group membership, information about where a spouse works, and more.
So concludes the Louisiana Supreme Court, in allowing a prisoner access to the jury vote breakdown in his case—quite important given the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling rejecting Louisiana nonunanimous convictions.
A new DOJ proposal aims to bring the internet communications law in line with Trump's personal interpretation of it.
A trial court said this pouring (without the target's consent) was indeed constitutionally protected; it took a 2-1 Texas Court of Appeals decision to reverse that.
"Scathing comments" from an anonymous faculty survey (reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education), plus an article in the Atlantic. You can't buy publicity like that, as they say, or faculty morale like that.
The students are at Florida International University, "Miami's first and only public research university."
So the Third Circuit held yesterday.
Newspapers often argue against the sealing of court records; here the newspaper argued in favor.
Before, tattoos could apparently be done only by M.D.s.
So holds Judge Virginia A. Phillips (C.D. Cal.) in Tracy Chapman's lawsuit against Nicki Minaj.
The question remains pending before the Ohio Court of Appeals.
Plus: America's global prestige continues to drop, marijuana law enforcement is still racist, Wisconsin and Minnesota voters prefer Biden, and more...
That point seems to have escaped many people who have not actually watched the controversial film, some of whom think it should banned.
It also strikes down the stay-at-home order and business closings, but I'll discuss that in separate posts.
The federal definition of child pornography does not encompass risqué dancing by clothed 11-year-olds.
U.S. officials claim their espionage laws apply to the world, but constitutional protections do not.
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The escalation is part of a strategy to unmask China's abuses before the world.
Plaintiffs claimed that defendants had libeled them to foreign officials—but didn't have enough evidence that the defendants had actually said anything to those officials.
As the pandemic rages on, nominally free countries are sliding down a path blazed by authoritarian regimes.
A week after being sued over his arbitrary COVID-19 policy, Gov. Charlie Baker says he will allow arcades to reopen.
The 5th Circuit judge is a mixed bag from a libertarian perspective.
A federal lawsuit argues that the distinction drawn by Massachusetts is unconstitutional.
"This current incident, and Marshall's response so far, seem disturbingly similar to prevalent behavior in China [during the Cultural Revolution]—spurious accusations against innocent people, which escalated into institutional insanity."
would they be likely to hire blacks for jobs in China, or anywhere where they might have to hear Mandarin?
More on the Mandarin "neige" controversy.
"In effect, Maffick contends that it is likely to succeed on the merits because its CEO says so. That is far from enough to establish a likelihood of success on the merits, particularly in light of the largely undisputed counter-evidence Facebook tendered."
Fortunately, the N.Y. State Education Department has now reversed the decision, which had been made by the Valley Central School District (about 70 miles north of New York City).
Plus: People have doubts about democracy, Washington state sues Juul, and more...
From Prof. John McWhorter (Columbia) in The Atlantic.
“Just because the story and the photograph may be embarrassing or distressful to the plaintiff does not mean the newspaper cannot publish what is otherwise newsworthy.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer and I have just filed a petition seeking this, in the Ohio Court of Appeals.
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