A Christmas Miracle: Washington Court Overturns Marijuana Sign Rules That Banned String Lights Spelling 'Pot'
A judge concluded that the restrictions violate the state constitution's free speech guarantee.
A judge concluded that the restrictions violate the state constitution's free speech guarantee.
Clark Neily's excellent proposal for addressing small, but troubling politice violations of constitutional rights.
Just in case you had any doubts about that.
Now that's being tough on crime.
Walter Block and Kerry Baldwin debate whether women should have the legal right to terminate their pregnancies.
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More on Doe v. Mckesson, the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter case.
Walter Block and Kerry Baldwin debate whether pregnant women should have the legal right to evict a fetus.
the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter case (in which Judge Don Willett has just switched to dissenting, and in which a cert. petition has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court).
The case, in which Judge Don Willett has just switched to dissenting, should be an easy win for DeRay Mckesson—but on a theory that hadn't been asserted in court.
Her lobbying tax proposal is pseudo-policy, a veneer of wonky seriousness over dubious populist dogma.
"Steve Farzam, chief operating officer of the Shore Hotel [in Santa Monica], ... [has] been charged with counterfeiting a Los Angeles County Superior Court seal."
A judge rules whistleblower’s failure to subject Permanent Record to pre-publication review violates non-disclosure agreement.
The decision is significant in itself and has important implications for other cases where the government deliberately damages private property in the process of coping with natural disasters.
Judge demands to know what the agency will do prevent future “omissions” in the applications.
A Montgomery County, Maryland, ordinance authorizes impoundment and misdemeanor charges for cyclists who lack the requisite sticker.
The case for a technical free speech fix
A new paper raises constitutional questions about expansive state-level regulations that reach beyond their borders.
In the middle of a scandal over FISA surveillance, leaders want still more power to snoop on your secret stuff.
This latest social media freakout has prompted a formal military investigation.
Speech was more varied and vibrant than ever before—and then the backlash began.
Ohio prohibits doctors from performing abortions if Down Syndrome is the reason. Does such a law impose an "undue burden" on the abortion right?
The greatest threat to protections for our freedom may be people's fear that people who disagree with them are exercising their rights.
Sharyn Rothstein's sharp new play is a smart and timely look at how to balance free speech and privacy in a wired age.
Erroneous reporting set off a bizarre backlash that obscured the real problem.
Privacy advocates have long warned about potential abuses. Will the mishandling of the Carter Page investigation change some minds?
The ACLU of Washington speaks out.
"I think if we decide we’re just going to immediately hair-trigger cancel anything that might make anyone uncomfortable, we’re missing a chance to teach.”
America's exit from Iraq could benefit both Iraqis and Americans.
But any such cancellation would violate the First Amendment, because it would involve viewpoint discrimination in a place opened by the government to private speech.
Was what happened with Carter Page an anomaly or does the agency regularly leave out important information?
An interesting due process case from a tribal court.
Conservatives are wrong on policy, and really wrong on facts
Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers have taken to the streets, smashed lamp posts, and stormed government buildings to keep China from encroaching on Hong Kong's freedoms prematurely.
The ex-wife had withdrawn her complaint before the court took any substantive action, under circumstances that cast doubt on its accuracy; because of that, a Virginia court agreed that it should be sealed.
The legislation aims to undo the "egregiously unconstitutional registration, taxation, and regulation of short-barreled rifles."
Today's censors are using tech policy and social-media outrage to attack your right to think and say what you believe.
Gutting the trade deal would make it easier to strip our speech protections here at home.
Since FOSTA passed in 2018, "sex workers have faced increased violence" and "have been forced onto the streets," the California congressman says.
Nunes attacked those who wanted to restrain NSA’s snooping. Clearly he never considered whether his call records would be exposed.