The policy imposed an additional form of ritual humiliation on a reviled category of people without any plausible public-safety justification.
Joshua Gray was denied a Maine private investigator license on the ground that his past posts erred in criticizing a Maine State Police lieutenant; we’ve filed an amicus brief supporting the petition asking the Supreme Court to review the matter.
The justices robe up for another term.
The court concluded that the conversation violated a previous order barring the ex-wife "from making any other public allegations against the Petitioner, Joe Stark, on social media (on any platform) or to his employer which may affect Petitioner's reputation or employment."
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 2 into law, despite some objections from police unions.
How far do "emergency powers" really extend?
More than 400 problems were found with 29 warrant requests, twice the number previously revealed.
"New psychological research suggests that trigger warnings do not reduce negative reactions to disturbing material—and may even increase them."
A better way to end sex discrimination would be to simply abolish it for everyone.
A bill touted as banning "critical race theory" in schools would actually ban a huge array of speech around culture, race, and sex, its sponsor says.
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Young people who came of age after 9/11 aren't snowflakes despite being exposed to a series of catastrophic events and apocalyptic news narratives.
Should I file it in a Gothic font?
Here’s an amicus brief our UCLA First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic just filed, on behalf of the Cato Institute.
This is where government demands to moderate what users say will ultimately lead.
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Government restrictions on private editorial discretion violate the First Amendment.
Dillon Shane Webb will thus not be able to sue for the alleged violation of his free speech rights.
Robby Soave doesn't like it when social media deplatforms users, but the far bigger threat comes from lawmakers on a mission.
An academic field rife with hostility to private gun ownership now gets to know the address of every California owner of a weapon, a weapon part, or ammo.
No, law enforcement and school officials cannot order students to remove posts about exposure to the coronavirus.
Why is registration for involuntary servitude still a thing?
So holds a district court, concluding that the law is unclear enough that a police officer was entitled to qualified immunity based on his arresting a man for the sticker.
“Defendants may have preferred to keep Marquette County residents ignorant to the possibility of COVID-19 in their community for a while longer, so they could avoid having to field calls from concerned citizens, but that preference did not give them authority to hunt down and eradicate inconvenient Instagram posts.”
An interesting example of libel that harms reputation within a social community, rather than professional or business reputation.
"When ordinary people without legal training receive a demand from a government agency to produce tax returns and evidence justifying their business activities, a natural reaction is some degree of apprehension and defensiveness. Such concern is sensible because the transaction costs of dealing with a government investigation are never zero."
The legal doctrine continues to render juries irrelevant.
With minimal debate, Selective Service was doubled in a "must-pass" $778 billion defense bill.
So holds a federal district court.
“Evidence about Penn’s treatment of other tenure candidates will be at the heart of the parties’ arguments.”
A pending cert petition challenges a Bloomington zoning ordinance that requires a landlord to evict a derecognized fraternity
In the first two lawsuits filed under S.B. 8, all of the parties seem to think enforcement of the law should be blocked.
"Restrictions on guns in public spaces are appropriate to make public spaces safe for democratic participation."
Protecting citizens from intrusive government surveillance is a virtue well worth signaling.
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The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
The passage of time catches up with a potentially significant gun rights decision.
It's almost impossible to hold federal officers to account.
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