A couple of circuit court decisions noted that the intervenors had to have a concrete plan to write about the records; the court here makes clear that such a plan indeed suffices for standing.
Under a legal theory endorsed by the 5th Circuit, Martin Luther King Jr. could have been liable for other people’s violence.
It's a good thing opponents of the move can appeal to the liberal values of free speech, free association, and equal treatment under law.
"Dr. Morrison brought this lawsuit. He chose to challenge the accuracy of these statements in a public courtroom. If disclosing the allegedly-defamatory statements invades his privacy or causes him injury, it is solely the result of his own actions and decisions."
based on state sealing law. The lawsuit is against a current Vermont legislator, and alleges the defendant had aided and abetted the sexual assault of the then-16-to-17-year-old plaintiff in 1968-70.
One viewer said it should be illegal to take the Lord's name in vain on TV—and that was one of the more coherent complaints.
U.S. need for Australia’s cooperation in the Pacific may win the journalist’s release.
"She prioritizes highlighting the intersectionality that comes with the environmental justice movement to achieve collective liberation for all oppressed communities. In her spare time, she enjoys holding elected officials accountable, watching endless amounts of movies, television series and sports, and enjoying time outdoors with her family and friends."
Fight back through better information and discourse, not by empowering the government.
whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms.
Kentucky's governor signed a law last week that could require porn sites to ask for users' government IDs before allowing access to adult material.
And they're still trying to censor speech on social media.
"What's the most effective way for law students to fight injustice?"
Martin Kulldorff talks about his dismissal from Harvard Medical School, persisting college vaccine mandates, and surviving COVID-era censorship on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
If adopted by the Supreme Court, Prof. Candeub's approach would be a grave menace to freedom of speech.
(as well as other allegations).
Officials claim the policy is intended to prevent people from smuggling in contraband, but it allows shipments from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The cases on the subject are sharply split, reflecting how ill-defined the law of pseudonymous litigation is.
The final article posted from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
The eleventh of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Last year, the offices of the Marion County Record were raided by police. A new lawsuit claims the search was illegal retaliation against the paper.
The civil liberties lawyer talks to Reason about the misguided impulse to attack free speech in the name of protecting women.
The tenth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
The ninth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
The eighth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Plus: Mnuchin's TikTok folly, Trump's April Fools' joke, Andy Warhol's muse, and more...
The Univ. of Pennsylvania legal scholar makes the most thorough critique yet of this approach to justifying regulations that bar social media firms from engaging in most types of content moderation.
The seventh of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Procedure about procedure about procedure.
"There were many of us who opposed censoring pornography...precisely because of our commitment to feminist goals and principles," says the former ACLU chief.
The sixth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
"To the extent that Kavadia asks the Court to order that public reporting about this case be removed from the Internet, such an order would blatantly violate the First Amendment."
The fifth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
The third of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
The third of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
