Might Federal Preemption of Speech-Protective State Laws Violate the First Amendment?
And, if so, what does this mean for 47 U.S.C. § 230?
And, if so, what does this mean for 47 U.S.C. § 230?
"These allegations stand at the heart of plaintiffs' claims, and sealing them would make this litigation virtually incomprehensible to the public."
What went wrong at the outlet he co-founded, what's wrong with the ACLU, and what might go wrong in the Biden administration
The Ohio S. Ct. will take up the question, in the Cincinnati prior restraint case in which we filed an amicus brief.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel fought Saudi censorship to make his new documentary, The Dissident.
Their letter to Congress warns about inevitable abuses against religious and racial minorities.
"The greater the importance of safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force ..., the more imperative is the need to preserve inviolate the constitutional rights of free speech ... to maintain the opportunity for free political discussion, to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes, if desired, may be obtained by peaceful means."
The First Amendment should not be a viable defense in an impeachment trial
Government grows in response to a crisis.
We don’t need new tools or agencies to track alleged domestic terrorists.
Both Hawley's "national conservatism" and similar ideas prevalent in many quarters on the left threaten free speech and liberty more generally.
A nice line, though said in a narrow context (whether Facebook's decision not to remove comments from a government agency's page is relevant to whether the government agency could delete them).
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Threats of defamation suits have prompted corrective statements on Fox and Newsmax, but My Pillow CEO wants to fight.
American Thinker says its claims about Dominion Voting Systems were "completely false."
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the biggest story was all the reporters looking for a story.
Like the Hays Code and Waldorf Statement before it, new diversity requirements are Tinseltown's way of asserting cultural dominance through self-policing.
Objections to police reform are often more rooted in partisan knee-jerk reactions than in sensible policymaking.
A controversy at the University of Illinois Chicago John Marshall Law School (not to be confused with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
A Connecticut law that made it easier to sue abusive cops is not expected to have a noticeable effect on municipal insurance costs.
Frightening events create openings for attacks on civil liberties.
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even when the parents had originally agreed not to vaccinate, and one parent later changed his mind.
A rejoinder to Josh Blackman and Seth Tillman.
The First Amendment doesn't come with an exception for "disinformation."
Unfortunately, qualified immunity remains intact.
No, says Techdirt's Mike Masnick, but it is cause for expanding Section 230 and building a more decentralized internet.
During the last few election cycles, a wave of well-funded progressive candidates have run for prosecutor's offices in major cities. This time, quite a few reform-minded D.A.s won.
Something like Wednesday evening's soothing remarks could have made a real difference on the day of the Capitol riot.
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Unlike the cancellation of Josh Hawley’s book, such criminal charges pose a real threat to freedom of speech.
We need an open digital commons, where individuals maintain ownership of their own identities and where speech is highly resistant to political pressure.
The impeachment article against the president cites a little-discussed section of the 14th Amendment.
Justice Clint Bolick dissents in Arizona v. Mixton.
An interesting illustration of the "non-trademark use" doctrine.
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Bureaucracy keeps on regulating through the chaos
"We should be wary of corporate power over political speech."
"This book will not be on our store shelves, and we will not promote it. That said, it will remain in our online catalogue."
Dominion Voting Systems, the focus of the former Trump campaign lawyer's conspiracy theory, is seeking $1.3 billion from her for defamation.
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