The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board rejects the mark “Nigga” for clothing, because it’s so commonly used by others that it doesn’t serve to identify the applicant’s products (logic that equally applies to "Team Jesus," "Texas Love," and "God Bless the USA").
The case is yet another instance of law enforcement using hate crime enhancements to punish people for criticizing them.
"Bronx Conservatory does not cite (and this Court has not found) any case, in this jurisdiction or elsewhere, in which an employer accused of sexual harassment has succeeded in sealing the pleading containing that accusation on any of the grounds asserted here."
The ION project promises to give individual users absolute control over their online identity and privacy.
The rationales for doing so are weak, and would create a dangerous slippery slope, if accepted.
The House of Representatives gave the agency $2 billion in additional funding.
The Fox News pundit’s emails were probably reviewed legally—and that’s part of the problem.
Plus: Trump's absurd lawsuits against social media, states take aim at Google app store, and more...
"The Second Amendment does not exist to protect only the rights of the happy few who distinguish themselves from the body of 'the people' through some 'proper cause.'"
Rhode Island, maybe New York, Wilmington (Delaware), and a few small towns are the only places in the U.S. that still forbid stun guns.
The market was conducted on city streets, managed by the city, and open to the public.
The Irreversible Damage author talks about getting deplatformed from Target and her support for gender-reassignment interventions.
New York's new law seems to conflict with a federal statute that protects manufacturers and dealers from liability for gun crimes.
Opposed by LGBT and pro-choice advocacy groups, the measure allows doctors to refuse to perform treatments on moral grounds
The fight over qualified immunity divides "conservative" judges on the 5th Circuit.
Efforts against violence are turning into restrictions on ideas.
It's the second in a two-part series on eminent domain reform.
This includes "burning a national flag or religious texts, caricatures of religious figures, or criticism of ideologies."
Nashville’s Leah Gilliam says her vanity plate is protected by the First Amendment.
"We thought they helped people."
I'm serializing my new Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers? article, forthcoming in the Journal of Free Speech Law.
I finally have a presentable draft of this article, forthcoming in the Journal of Free Speech Law; I'll be posting excerpts over the next couple of weeks.
A response to Jonathan Adler's attempt at an originalist defense of Kelo v. City of New London.
The general assumption that the Fifth Amendment bars takings for economic development purposes rests on shaky ground.
We can thank judges who were prepared to enforce constitutional limits on public health powers.
Glenn Reynolds suggests it's how that landmark decision was applied and expanded that has created the real problem.
The Court has "failed to justify our enacted policy," he wrote.
He repeats his concern that QI doctrine rests on "shaky ground" and imposes a "one-size-fits-all doctrine" that is "an odd fit for many cases," including those involving university administrators.
Salaythis Melvin's family says they want justice.
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