"[M]uch of [the Oregon State Bar statement's] criticism of then-President Trump did not relate to the justice system at all—for instance, it criticized Trump for describing Haiti and African countries as 'shithole countries.'"
"[T]he district court’s Rule 50 ruling improperly intruded on the province of the jury by making credibility determinations, weighing evidence, and ignoring facts or inferences that a reasonable juror could plausibly have found to support Palin’s case."
Governments around the world seek to suppress ideas and control communications channels.
The Telegram co-founder may become a free-expression martyr for the terrible crime of enabling permissionless speech.
So the District Court in Sen. Mastriano's case just held.
French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov for failing to control his social media and messaging app.
But her national origin discrimination claim (apart from the sex discrimination component) is rejected, as is her defamation claim.
Nativity scene was allegedly excluded (ostensibly on COVID grounds) while a menorah lighting was allowed.
That’s the Fruits of Their Labor Clause of the North Carolina Constitution.
"While this case involves a statutory conferral of anonymity, the legislature is not exempt from the Constitution."
The amicus briefs come from several organizations and people, some liberal (e.g., the ACLU), some conservative, and some apolitical.
Susan Hogarth posted a photo of her primary ballot. In North Carolina, that's against the law.
The European Union is an engine of global control-freakery.
The claim was brought too late, the court holds, and the associated defamation claim is barred by the judicial proceeding privilege.
Donald Trump, Rick Perry, and more.
The plaintiff says she "thought the whole time it was going to be confidential"—but court cases are public.
Calling for the burning of a particular mosque, for instance, or the bombing of a particular police station, or the killing of a particular person (politician, police officer, activist, or anyone else) may be constitutionally unprotected solicitation.
It's an insane ask for someone convicted of just one nonviolent offense.
A reminder to libel plaintiffs (and other plaintiffs).
Galapo’s neighbor Oberholzer called him a “fucking Jew”; the Galapos “posted twenty-three signs” on their property, facing the Oberholzers’ property.
"[T]he very idea of an 'official' position of the university on a social, scientific, or political issue runs counter to our foundational ethos ...."
Sen. Rand Paul makes the case against the Kids Online Safety Act.
After the crackdown on anarchists died down, it became more difficult to imagine anyone could go to jail in America solely for political heresy.
Beware the Thierry Bretons of the world.
Plaintiff says he was "always willing to set up business deals with the rich for drugs."
[UPDATE 8/23/24: UCLA has just dropped the appeal.]
The court is discussing orders "enjoining protected speech or conduct ... without an adversarial hearing or adjudication on the merits that the speech or conduct is not protected."
Desperate to control soaring rents, the city council bans rental data tools while ignoring its own role in the housing crisis.
“[C]ourts do not use vagueness doctrine to establish a rule that government cannot regulate anything until it classifies everything.”
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