Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech
Overbroad Injunctions Against Speech (Especially in Libel and Harassment Cases)
I’m serializing 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.
A broad coalition of groups is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the state's policy.
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.
More criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, and civil rights litigators may soon be appointed to the federal bench.
In Massachusetts, Malinda Harris argues, civil asset forfeiture routinely violates the right to due process.
The bill was introduced by Colorado Senate president pro tem Kerry Donovan (who is also running for Congress).
The Ending Qualified Immunity Act of 2021 would no longer let state actors violate your rights without consequence.
The court said criminalizing unknowing possession violates the right to due process.
"[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."
Samuel Cummings built a global weapons empire in Washington, D.C.'s shadow.
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.
Under a bill the two senators reintroduced on Friday, all presidential emergency declarations would expire after 72 hours unless Congress votes to allow them to continue.
Angelo Quinto's family has filed a wrongful death claim.
The anti-discrimination law seems designed to divide when compromise would better serve to expand federal protections.
The state's ban on "large-capacity magazines" is easy to justify, as long as you assume its benefits and ignore its costs.
Strategic politicking, police union influence, or both?
A phone in your pocket may as well be a GPS beacon strapped to your ankle.
The justices did not address one of James King's key arguments, which the 6th Circuit will now consider.
Two women still face felony charges, though the cases against all male defendants were dropped.
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.
The DIY firearms movement specifically evolved to put personal armaments beyond the reach of the government.
They need not wait for the Supreme Court or Congress to restrict or abolish qualified immunity.
An interesting decision on a motion to dismiss in this libel lawsuit.
An independent panel concludes there was no legal justification for stopping, frisking, arresting, or assaulting McClain.