Thoughtcrime at Georgetown? "It Is … Wrong for Faculty to Be Thinking—Not Just Speaking—…"
... about there being disproportionate number of black students near the bottom of a class.
... about there being disproportionate number of black students near the bottom of a class.
"The public has every right to understand how the public and elected officials of the Town of Wilton and the Wilton Public Schools in the exercise of their best judgment sought to resolve this case."
The plaintiff was fired and accused of sexual harassment; he won a libel lawsuit over that, and the jury awarded him $550K, but the trial court had reduced it to $100K.
Is that constitutional? Not clear.
The heavy-handed measure, a direct response to the protests provoked by the shooting of Breonna Taylor, looks like an attempt to deter constitutionally protected activity.
Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
Some speculation from my forthcoming article.
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Compare: “With the exception of traditionally black law schools ..., the median black law school grade point average is at the 6.7th percentile of white law students.”
Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
Some speculation from my forthcoming article.
Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
Some speculation from my forthcoming article.
A California rule and a bill approved by the House seem designed to chill freedom of speech and freedom of association.
“But increasingly, courts are sealing documents in run-of-the-mill cases where the parties simply prefer to keep things under wraps.”
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Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
I’m continuing to serialize a new law review article draft of mine.
Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
I’m continuing to serialize a new law review article draft of mine.
Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
I’m serializing a new law review article draft of mine.
The federal government weighs in on Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L..
Carlsbad City Council member Cori Schumacher had claimed the critics’ speech was threatening; no, the judge eventually held: "Simply calling these posts threats is not enough."
Is the senator's authoritarian grandstanding the dark future of the GOP?
Courts have widely upheld the First Amendment right to hurl choice words or gestures at police.
The Second Circuit held that this was a permissible viewpoint-neutral restriction on a subsidy program.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson denied qualified immunity to the officers involved in Patterson v. United States.
The Ninth Circuit decides a case involving "Rise Above Movement" white supremacists who participated in riots in California.
Democracies are going to have to do better at exercising their core liberal values to prove their worth and win back support.
One bill would require lengthy disclaimers on all online political ads.
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May plaintiffs alleged sexual assault proceed pseudonymously, when the defendant is being publicly named?
The libel claim, the court held, was foreclosed by an agreement settling the lawsuit that had indirectly led to the review.
The bill was introduced by Colorado Senate president pro tem Kerry Donovan (who is also running for Congress).
"[O]nce a matter is brought before a court for resolution, it is no longer solely the parties' case, but also the public's case."
So a federal district court apparently held in Green v. Miss United States of America, LLC.
The statements about former law student Jonathan Mullane were either a fair report of court proceedings or protected by the First Amendment.
The podcast is about Charles Harrelson (actor Woody Harrelson's father), who had been convicted of murdering a federal judge
These demands obviously violate the First Amendment.
(Clare Locke LLP is one of the top plaintiff's-side libel law firms, though this isn't a libel case.)
Not sure that paying for sex makes you an "extraordinary gentleman," even if you do try to "give something back" by providing expert consumer reviews.
An interesting decision on a motion to dismiss in this libel lawsuit.