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.”
The business journalist discusses his new book Go Woke, Go Broke and how CEOs accelerated corporate political activism only to regret its impact on the economy.
If participants in unauthorized encampments exclude Jewish or pro-Israel students from walking in parts of campus, UCLA would then have to close those parts to everyone.
Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network.
By targeting "persons undermining peace, security, and stability," the plaintiffs argue, the president is threatening to punish people for opposing a two-state solution.
As Britain grapples with riots, politicians shift focus to “holding tech accountable” by pushing for censorship and sidestepping the deeper issues fueling the chaos.
"Roast[ing]" police officers may not generally be wise, but it is still generally constitutionally protected.
The First Amendment case about a first-grader’s free speech rights is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Sen. Mastriano (who is running for reelection to the state senate, and who ran in 2022 for Governor) is suing for, among other things, libel—but trying to keep the allegedly libelous material under seal.
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an open maw.
Kamala Harris' veep should learn something about the First Amendment.
Officials ordered schools to review all courses with descriptions or syllabi that contain words such as Israel, Palestine, and Jewish.
The NIH had been deleting all social media comments containing words like animal, testing, and cruel.
"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties," said one researcher. "This is a dictator's fantasy."
A new survey from the Knight Foundation found that more than 1 in 4 college students agreed schools should prohibit "speech they may find offensive or biased."
