University’s removal of professor from journal editorship may violate First Amendment, holds a federal court in the Journal of Schenkerian Studies controversy.
Brookside officers have been accused of fabricating violations and are being sued.
The Institute for Justice argues that the seizures violated state law, federal law, and the U.S. Constitution.
British police want greater surveillance powers and they’re willing to destroy everybody’s cybersecurity to get them.
The latest from Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen), pushing back against threats of trademark litigation over parody.
Georgetown philosopher Jason Brennan offers a valuable summary of King's thought on these issues.
In an August ruling, Washington's Supreme Court found that a homeless plaintiff's truck qualified as his homestead.
Kelli Goode's civil suit is a case study in how difficult it can be to get state actors to take responsibility when they allegedly infringe on someone's rights.
The judge also says the plaintiff's request for pseudonymity was inadequately supported.
Particular twists: "A right to use rights-protecting technologies?" and "constitutional rights to technologies that protect other constitutional rights."
After sweeping last November's elections, Virginia Republicans look to roll back Democratic gun laws.
We've already seen how this can abuse Americans' civil liberties with little increase in public safety.
Their immigration struggles are indicative of broader issues in America’s refugee and asylum infrastructure.
The ATF is expected to adopt a new rule requiring that the metal parts hobbyists used to manufacture their DIY weapons be registered as legal firearms. So Cody Wilson made those parts unnecessary.
“The allegedly defamatory statements Ms. Legarde made included not just online posts but defamatory statements in calls and emails to six people whom Ms. Legarde allegedly knew were Vermont residents and who were associated with Plaintiff through Vermont-based organizations.”
“Plaintiff has filed numerous lawsuits, several of which involve circumstances similar to this case. In some she has been permitted to proceed anonymously; in others, she has not. Regardless, Defendant maintains that Plaintiff is a ‘vexatious litigant.’ This goes directly to Plaintiff’s credibility, and Defendant should not be hampered in pursuing that defense.”
Social media accounts are windows into your activities, and the cops are watching.
Proving that claim requires more than reckless rhetoric, which is constitutionally protected.
The Director of the UW School of Computer Science & Engineering said Prof. Stuart Reges's statement is "not relevant to the content of the course he teaches"—but the school encourages professors to include its own preferred view, which is just as irrelevant to the course content.
"Lets get ready to steal bitch."
"There is no veterinarian privilege, no animal equivalent of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and no case law suggesting that humans and animals are entitled to the same level of privacy."
citing the "harm that could result from ... discussions," especially about "race and gender."
Jay Inslee says we should make it a crime for politicians to lie about election results. What could go wrong?
Washington Governor Jay Inslee is supporting a law that would ban lies about election results that “are likely to incite or cause lawlessness”—an argument much like that made by supporters of the Sedition Act of 1798.
in part because he is a citizen of Kuwait, “where ‘sexual activity outside of marriage goes against religious and cultural values’ and ‘sexual relations outside of marriage are illegal"?
"Governments realize that they are in an existential battle over who controls information."
The article explains why SB 8 potentially poses a threat to constitutional rights far beyond the abortion context, and how future court decisions could potentially mitigate it.
"The only crime of most of us was that we were Uyghur Muslims," says Ziyawudun.
Kimberlin is also known for having accused Dan Quayle of having bought marijuana from him, and has since become a frequent litigant, including against bloggers Patrick Frey (Patterico), Aaron Walker, and others.
The court doesn't reach the question whether the speech was a true threat, but concludes that it couldn't be punished on the rationale that it caused substantial disruption to a public high school.
The officers originally received qualified immunity, meaning Timpa's estate had no right to state their case before a jury.
Or, to be precise, her lawyers must do so.
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