So a federal district court held, reversing an earlier magistrate judge ruling on this point; the court also rejected the view that the Free Press Clause only protects "members of the press."
Sex, money, and the future of online free speech
When a college sophomore mocked Young Americans for Freedom for its stance on trans athletes, the conservative group ran to the university to file a complaint.
Some thoughts for me responding to Rick Hasen's, in a Balkinization symposium on Rick's new book, "Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It"
Several German states have announced they will prosecute those who publicly display the letter Z in support of Russia.
The ACLU of Northern California is suing to overturn the ordinance.
Protections for open communication require more than the commitment of a single person.
The less of our lives we allow to be put to a vote, the better.
For most of the past decade-plus, those complaining the loudest about corporate participation in politics have been Democrats.
A regulatory filing indicates that Musk is now the company's largest shareholder.
"They should be paying us for burnishment—not suing us for tarnishment."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leading his nation a just cause. But we should not allow him to impose censorship and emigration bans in the process. A nation fighting for freedom must not undermine it.
No, says the Appeals Court of Massachusetts: "We take this opportunity to reiterate that, where a c. 258E order is sought on the basis of speech alone, the plaintiff must prove that the speech rose to the level of true threats or fighting words and not merely that it was 'harassing, intimidating, or abusive in the colloquial sense.'"
An Arkansas police officer used trumped-up charges to punish a man who criticized him for violating the Constitution.
Plus: Meta's campaign to smear TikTok, new research on immigrants and welfare, and more...
So holds the California Court of Appeal, in sending back to a different judge defendant's motion to retroactively downgrade her conviction (for non-slur resistance to the officers) to a misdemeanor.
State-level "gag orders" on teaching certain texts and ideas are terrible and utterly predictable in a one-size-fits-all K-12 educational system.
Now the critic's First Amendment lawsuit over this (and other matters) can go forward.
"This is an institution of higher learning, not a town square, and no one should interfere with others' efforts to carry on activities on campus. YLS is a professional school, and this is not how lawyers interact."
A wake-up call for the woke
The comedian won last night's Oscars by telling bad jokes, dealing with the consequences, refusing to escalate or apologize, and doing his damn job.
Plus: On tipping and slavery, cities see population declines, and more...
The editorial board of UVA's The Cavalier Daily should abandon its effort to keep Mike Pence off campus.
What counts as "bullying and harassing" behavior, you might ask? The bill doesn't say.
censure of government employees, students, professionals, and others might.
But it's just fine to have sex with them.
“[I]t undermines and stifles First Amendment privileges,” says a federal court, defining “cancel culture” as “the phenomenon of aggressively targeting individuals or groups, whose views aggressors deem unacceptable, in an effort to destroy them personally and/or professionally.”
Based on the allegations of the complaint, "[i]f this case were a Monell crime scene, [Melrose Park Village Mayor Ronald Serpico] left his fingerprints, footprints, and DNA all over the place.
UPDATE 3/24/2022: Added link to government's response.
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