Judge Strikes All of Michael Mann's Expert Witnesses from Libel Suit
A week after granting summary judgment for another defendant (CEI), the judge rejects all but one of the proffered experts.
A week after granting summary judgment for another defendant (CEI), the judge rejects all but one of the proffered experts.
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Another significant loss for the controversial climate scientist, though his cases against two remaining defendants will continue.
Mackris was going to go on The View
One key difference: The Free Speech Clause is about governmental restrictions on speech; freedom of speech is about restrictions on speech more broadly.
The administration’s public pressure campaign against COVID-19 "misinformation" cannot be reconciled with its avowed respect for freedom of expression.
Jen Psaki's comments about the government "flagging problematic posts for Facebook" raises the issue; so does Donald Trump's lawsuit against social media platforms, based on government statements that allegedly coerced those platforms.
Speech is protected by the First Amendment even when it discourages vaccination.
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From the other side of the world, the regime plots ways to chill free speech.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board rejects the mark “Nigga” for clothing, because it’s so commonly used by others that it doesn’t serve to identify the applicant’s products (logic that equally applies to "Team Jesus," "Texas Love," and "God Bless the USA").
The case is yet another instance of law enforcement using hate crime enhancements to punish people for criticizing them.
"Bronx Conservatory does not cite (and this Court has not found) any case, in this jurisdiction or elsewhere, in which an employer accused of sexual harassment has succeeded in sealing the pleading containing that accusation on any of the grounds asserted here."
The rationales for doing so are weak, and would create a dangerous slippery slope, if accepted.
The market was conducted on city streets, managed by the city, and open to the public.
Efforts against violence are turning into restrictions on ideas.