The court also concluded defendant had libeled plaintiff, but the court held that even the nonlibelous expressions of opinion could lead to emotional distress liability. The total verdict of $6.8M.
The police targeted “sovereign citizens” for surveillance and disarmament.
Former cop Julian Alcala allegedly stole a woman's nude pictures after he took her phone during a traffic stop.
may be constitutionally unprotected threat.
"Invoking the innocence of children is not...a magic incantation sufficient for legislatures to run roughshod over the First Amendment rights of adults."
The co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders argues that there is "no better independence than economic independence."
Decades of border surveillance programs have spent billions of dollars but achieved little.
"Plaintiff's allegations are emotionally and politically charged, and ... Plaintiff is a member of certain groups subject to discrimination. That, however, is true of a plethora of cases in the federal courts and has generally not been understood to authorize anonymous pleading."
As millions of Christians plan to sit out the election, church leaders face tough choices about how to inspire their congregations without violating the law.
The court concludes that X's requested discovery is broader than necessary, though it leaves open the door to some considerably narrower discovery.
While I am eager for the Court to take another public use case, I am actually happy the justices chose to reject this one. Its unusual facts made it a poor vehicle for revisiting Kelo v. City of New London.
How the equal time rule is helping him hijack the airwaves.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
Home equity theft happens when governments auction off seized houses and keep the profits—even once the tax bill is paid.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
The state has been demanding that TV stations remove political ads in support of a reproductive freedom amendment on the ballot this year.
Sarrita Adams, who was a prominent public critic of the English Lucy Letby murder trial, got that order almost four months ago.
But the Arizona Court of Appeals just reversed, concluding that speech about a person generally isn't "harassment," even if unwanted speech directed to the person may be.
The ACLU’s wise decision to defend the NRA in NRA v. Vullo bears fruit.
British law allows local governments to enact absurdly censorious orders limiting "anti-social" behavior.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
The government will prevent prisoners from getting TEXAS LETTERS, an anthology about experiences with solitary confinement.
Jane and I discuss calls to restrict misinformation, from the Sedition Act of 1798 to Hurricane Helene.
The former president's authoritarian tendencies are alarming enough without inventing new outrages.
Due to North Carolina's lack of an anti-SLAPP law, the defendants will have to defend themselves in court.
The U.N. has documented killings, forced disappearances, and torture.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
Tyron McAlpin's lawyers say he couldn't hear the commands of the officers when they jumped out of a police cruiser and immediately attacked him.
Free and online, Oct. 18, from U. Wyo. Firearms Research Center.
against the online critic who first posted the allegations, but not against CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), which echoed them.
Two Harvard undergrads give us a glimpse of the surveillance future.
For more than three decades, the Institute for Justice has shown that economic freedom and private property are essential safeguards for ordinary Americans.
Priscilla Villarreal's case is about whether certain reporters have more robust free speech rights than others.
Plaintiff had argued that defendants' publicizing the religious court's statement "serves as a form of social pressure, calling on the community to shun or ostracize the individual until they comply with the court's demands."
The good news is that schools won't be forced to stock Trump-endorsed Bibles. The bad news is that they're still being forced to supply Bibles.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.
An interview with sex work researcher Tara Burns.
Without a warrant and specific proof of incriminating evidence, police should never be allowed past your phone’s lock screen.
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