Free Speech
Federal Court Blocks Arkansas Law That Limits "Harmful to Minors" Books in Libraries and Bookstores, and Also
limits "inappropriate" books in libraries.
Jean Twenge and Elizabeth Nolan Brown: What Do Millennials Want?
A boomer, a Gen Xer, and a Millennial discuss the causes and conflicts of today's generational gaps.
Cryptocurrency Blogger: "Craig Wright Is a Fraud." Wright: "Libel!" Court: "Your Litigation Lies Mean You Win £1"
Wright claims he's Satoshi Nakamoto, who's credited with inventing Bitcoin; defendant claimed otherwise.
Biden White House Pressured Facebook To Censor Lab Leak Posts
"Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made," asked Meta's president for global affairs.
E.U. Law Threatens Free Speech, Online Groups Say
The E.U.’s Digital Services Act will encourage censorship around the world and even in the U.S.
A Professor Criticized a Public Official. Then Her University Suspended Her.
Texas A&M placed a professor on paid leave for criticizing Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a lecture on the opioid crisis.
Don't Censor RFK Jr.
After its spectacular screw-ups on COVID-19 "misinformation," the government shouldn't be so quick to squelch dissenting voices.
Lawsuit Over Firing of Sports Show Host for Tweeting "ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE" Can Go Forward
So says a federal judge in California, applying statutes that protect private employees from firing based on their "political activities."
Matt Taibbi: How the Left Lost Its Mind
The maverick journalist talks Twitter Files, the end of the anti-government left, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Can Plaintiff Who Lost a Case Get Retroactively Pseudonymized, Because of Fear of Employment Consequences?
Two Central District of California case reach different results.
"Texas A&M Suspended Professor Accused of Criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in Lecture"
"The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters."
Get Your Culture War Out of Our Pension Funds
Plus: Should libertarians consider employing noble lies when pitching themselves to new potential voters?
Federal Judge Strikes Down Arizona Law Limiting Ability To Record Police
Both the state attorney general and the state legislature declined to defend the law in court after the ACLU of Arizona and news media organizations sued to overturn it.
Matt Ridley: Why Did Anthony Fauci et al. Suppress the Lab Leak Theory?
A recent House committee investigation exposed political interference when it came to figuring out the origins of COVID. But why?
Ron DeSantis Bullies Bud Light Like Elizabeth Warren Bullies Amazon
DeSantis talks a lot about freedom but increasingly only applies it to those who agree with him.
2 Reasons It's Not Clear That Trump 'Corruptly' Obstructed an Official Proceeding
Appeals in the January 6 cases raise serious questions about how broadly the statute should be applied.
74 Percent of College Students Support Snitching on Professors Who Make 'Offensive' Statements
Blame university administrators.
No Pseudonymity for College Student Alleging Racist Mistreatment by Baseball Coach
"There is an inherent inequality in allowing an accuser to proceed pseudonymously while the defendant is forced to defend himself publicly."
Grandmother Has Right to Publish Government Documents About Investigation into Grandson's Death
The Third Circuit holds that, once the government released the documents, it couldn't then forbid the grandmother (or others) from publishing them.
Why Did Scientists Suppress the Lab Leak Theory?
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with Matt Ridley of new documents that reveal how and why scientists downplayed the possibility of a COVID lab leak scenario.
DeSantis Unironically Frets About 'Criminalizing Political Differences'
He'd be a stronger candidate if he applied that thinking to situations that don't involve former President Donald Trump.
Court Unseals and Depseudonymizes Student's Settled First Amendment Lawsuit Against University
An illustration that courts are often willing to reconsider stipulated sealing and pseudonymization decisions when members of the public or media object.
Poll: 44 Percent of Millennials Want To Make Misgendering a Crime
Plus: Iowa court halts 6-week abortion ban, income inequality is shrinking, and more…
First Amendment Claim of Professor Fired Over Article Claiming Race-Based Genetic IQ Differences …
can go forward, rules a federal judge, denying Cleveland State University's motion to dismiss.
Federal Officials Can Keep Pressing Tech Platforms To Remove Content for Now, Court Says
Plus: GOP candidate defends “limited role of government” in parental decisions for transgender kids, some common sense about Diet Coke and cancer, and more…
A Win for the First Amendment, and a Loss for Partisans Who Want to Weaponize Censorship
One thing is clear about Missouri v. Biden: The decision cannot be understood by viewing it through a polarized lens.
No Pseudonymity or Sealing in College Student's Race Discrimination Lawsuit
A federal court rejects plaintiff's arguments "that sealing ... is required because she is being 'slandered and libeled' and '[m]aking [her] information public would magnify the effects of [defendants'] wrongdoing' rather than right those wrongs."
Who Is Protected As a Journalist? Everybody, Suggests Court Ruling.
Journalism is an activity shielded by the First Amendment, not a special class or profession.
Some Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Censorship by Proxy Have a Beef With the 1st Amendment Itself
"Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.
Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Anti-'Misinformation' Crusade See No Threat to Freedom of Speech
The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.
