“Like it or not, news analysis is often delivered with plenty of English on the ball in service of an ideological agenda and market viability. Whether such practices contribute positively to delivering our species closer to the truth is a question for philosophers. It is not enough to support a defamation claim.”
A Scottish man was just convicted for tweeting an insult about a dead person. The authorities already have too much power to censor.
Well, it's Judge Bradford Thomas of the Florida Court of Appeal, but still an interesting synthesis of recent criticisms, with some extra analysis added.
The scandal du jour reminds us that radical free speech is alive and well.
The bill was introduced in response to a state investigation that found police used fake forensic evidence during interrogations.
Plus: National debt tops $30 trilion, Whoopi Goldberg suspended over Holocaust comments, and more...
What do you think Georgetown faculty should be free to say in the public debate about such matters?
Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt.
and unprotected by the First Amendment. An incorrect decision, it seems to me.
More than 100 law professors agree that "academic freedom protects Shapiro's views."
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"If you (or someone you know) are affected by a free speech event on campus, here are some resources..."
A lawsuit claims N.Y. law authorizes this; if it prevails, expect many more such claims in a wide range of libel cases.
You're talking about him, aren't you?
Politicians deputize the private sector to restrict rights protected from the government.
is usually unlikely to yield the best candidate.
What happens in places where the pandemic is a transparent guise for seizing more state power?
The city was not "required to permit the 'organized lawlessness' conducted by the protestors."
A grim sign of the bureaucratic mentality controlling public education
Three and a half lessons about Neil Young, Joe Rogan, Spotify, and our age of cultural plenitude
Should Whole Foods be allowed to stop staff from wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job?
The school told the student she was "restricted from discussing Dr. Lazorski with any student in the CHE 1800 course or any of Dr. Lazorski's classes."
If you want to own a machine gun, it's probably not going to happen anytime soon—even if you make a decent living and have never committed a crime.
The Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland won't let the animal rights group advertise on public buses.
After more than a decade of subversion, the Supreme Court has a chance to rectify this situation.
“Appellants offer no causal link that suggests it was an isolated inquiry by a single Member of Congress that prompted policy changes across multiple unrelated social media platforms.”
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Pandemic-era technologies like Zoom hold great promise, but also create unexpected problems for international students sent back to their home countries.
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"A future of bloodless global discipline is a chilling thing."
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's support for qualified immunity is in opposition to the principles he says he stands for.
Judge Lawrence VanDyke included a satirical opinion that his colleagues can use when they decide otherwise.
The pimping charges Krell helped bring against Backpage's CEO and founders were twice thrown out of court.
The court rejected an Excessive Fines Clause challenge (by a 5-4 vote) and a First Amendment challenge.
In The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder, the legendary First Amendment lawyer exposes the tricks of today's "anti-free speech movement."
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