George Washington University Backpedals After Agreeing To Investigate Critics of China
"Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist; they are political statements," said university president Mark Wrighton.
"Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist; they are political statements," said university president Mark Wrighton.
In 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the renowned artist details his struggles with censorship.
Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”
“After accepting a ‘friend’ request from the officer, the defendant published a video recording to his social media account that featured an individual seen from the chest down holding what appeared to be a firearm. The undercover officer made his own recording of the posting, which later was used in criminal proceedings against the defendant.” No Fourth Amendment violation, says Massachusetts high court.
What Joe Rogan and Canadian truckers tell us about free speech.
This may be especially helpful in cases involving sealing or pseudonymity, where the parties agree with each other but the public interest ought to be represented.
Plus: Is Web3 a scam? Does the Joe Rogan/Spotify controversy have anything to do with Section 230? And more...
Already abused for political purposes, the power of government shouldn’t be expanded based on lies.
Enforcing that agreement isn’t an unconstitutional prior restraint, holds the Georgia Court of Appeals.
The 22-year-old man was shot by a Minneapolis police officer during the execution of a no-knock warrant on which he was not named.
"The peer-review process—not a courtroom—... provides the best mechanism for resolving scientific uncertainties."
A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order, saying the evidence of legal violations is insufficient at this point.
The Supreme Court will soon decide a case that tests the limits of expression on government property and religious toleration.
Plus: Mask mandates and omicron cases, purging "pornography" drives calls for book bans, and more...
Defense lawyer Amy Phillips is suing over what she calls the department's "watchlist policy."
Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing.
“Like it or not, news analysis is often delivered with plenty of English on the ball in service of an ideological agenda and market viability. Whether such practices contribute positively to delivering our species closer to the truth is a question for philosophers. It is not enough to support a defamation claim.”
A Scottish man was just convicted for tweeting an insult about a dead person. The authorities already have too much power to censor.
Well, it's Judge Bradford Thomas of the Florida Court of Appeal, but still an interesting synthesis of recent criticisms, with some extra analysis added.
The scandal du jour reminds us that radical free speech is alive and well.
The bill was introduced in response to a state investigation that found police used fake forensic evidence during interrogations.
Plus: National debt tops $30 trilion, Whoopi Goldberg suspended over Holocaust comments, and more...
What do you think Georgetown faculty should be free to say in the public debate about such matters?
Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt.
and unprotected by the First Amendment. An incorrect decision, it seems to me.
More than 100 law professors agree that "academic freedom protects Shapiro's views."
Plus: The #OldProProject, food truck police, and more...
"If you (or someone you know) are affected by a free speech event on campus, here are some resources..."
A lawsuit claims N.Y. law authorizes this; if it prevails, expect many more such claims in a wide range of libel cases.
You're talking about him, aren't you?
Politicians deputize the private sector to restrict rights protected from the government.
is usually unlikely to yield the best candidate.
What happens in places where the pandemic is a transparent guise for seizing more state power?
The city was not "required to permit the 'organized lawlessness' conducted by the protestors."
A grim sign of the bureaucratic mentality controlling public education
Three and a half lessons about Neil Young, Joe Rogan, Spotify, and our age of cultural plenitude
Should Whole Foods be allowed to stop staff from wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job?
The school told the student she was "restricted from discussing Dr. Lazorski with any student in the CHE 1800 course or any of Dr. Lazorski's classes."
If you want to own a machine gun, it's probably not going to happen anytime soon—even if you make a decent living and have never committed a crime.
The Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland won't let the animal rights group advertise on public buses.
After more than a decade of subversion, the Supreme Court has a chance to rectify this situation.
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