American Woman Tells Hongkongers 'Safety Is More Important Than Freedom'
Under Chinese authoritarianism, they'll have neither.
Under Chinese authoritarianism, they'll have neither.
religious organizations' right to discriminate in some employment decisions, and federal funding conditions preferring local agencies that help federal immigration enforcement.
The case vividly illustrates how hate crime laws punish people for the views they express.
In a new book, Peter Boghossian, one of the perpetrators of the "grievance studies" hoax, outlines how ideological opponents can reach common ground.
Qualified immunity protects cops from liability for actions that would land ordinary people in jail.
The company's Chinese ownership may have something to do with it.
When online privacy faces off against portability
A Texas judge issued the temporary restraining order before any trial on the merits, and apparently without the ex-girlfriend even showing up -- and it seems inconsistent with Texas law and likely the First Amendment/
America's most famous whistleblower calls for restricting the power of government.
More than 1,000 activists march to protest the state of the environment.
The Texas senator wants to beef up a background check system that unjustly and irrationally deprives people of their rights.
Supervisor Shamann Walton thinks he can use restrictions on commercial speech to suppress political speech.
An attempt to seal a key document in a libel / breach of contract case filed by a former communication strategist for Julian Assange against a former lawyer for Edward Snowden.
That's what flyers posted in Winchester (Massachusetts) say.
A new book tries and fails to make a case against freedom of expression.
It took a jury 26 minutes to decide that Jonathan Vanderhagen wasn't guilty.
A court ruled that officers did not have enough information to know whether or not stealing violates the Constitution.
"If we lose...we will lose a generation."
Officer Stephanie Branch arrested Avi Adelman for criminal trespass even though he was not doing anything illegal.
The populist senator's campaign against social media addiction is unscientific and anti-freedom.
for what the judge concludes are discovery violations, in a copyright case involving photos of model Emily Ratajkowski.
Absent qualified immunity, government indemnification and budgeting would continue to dampen the effect of lawsuits on government decisionmaking—but eliminating the defense could exert other pressures on government to improve.
It would not do much to protect public safety, but it would magnify the injustice of existing restrictions on gun ownership.
Conservatives deploy state power to go after speech they don't like.
Whistleblower Michael German's new book exposes how the FBI failed us on 9/11 and continues to endanger us all through racism, incompetence, and institutional inertia.
Or, will global leaders ignore them just like they did the People's Climate March in 2014?
Official responses to these extremely rare crimes are grossly disproportionate in light of the risk they actually pose.
Jonathan Vanderhagen believes a judge doomed his son to an early death. The judge says Vanderhagen's Facebook posts were intimidating.
Snowden didn’t subject his autobiography Permanent Record to pre-publication review by the federal government that’s also trying to throw him in prison.
Plus: Screen addiction is not really a thing and New Mexico embraces tuition-free college.
Eliminating qualified immunity would decrease the average cost, complexity, and time spent adjudicating civil rights cases.
Absent qualified immunity, the rate at which plaintiffs win would remain about the same.
Everybody’s going after Google and Facebook. But how do you prove they’re harming consumers?
Comedy, meet cancel culture
So holds the Arizona Supreme Court.
History provides a window into how abortion bans will play out if re-instituted.
America may be safer than ever, but residents of the Land of the Free seem set on raising their children in a climate of fear.
What impact would abolishing qualified immunity have on civil rights litigation, police misconduct, and government accountability?
Hard to see what President Trump was referring to with regard to the New York Times story with new allegations about Justice Kavanaugh.
New Mexico will apparently now be the only state in which spouses may generally testify about confidential statements made during the marriage.
If a state criminal conviction leads to denial of gun rights under state law (not just federal law), the defendant must be given the option of a jury trial, rules the Nevada Supreme Court.
The presidential contender conspicuously fails to explain the legal basis for her plan to impose new restrictions by executive fiat.
The "assault weapons" that the presidential contender wants to confiscate are not especially deadly, but the symbolism of that policy is poisonous.
Now he's being sued for another act of excessive force.
Advocating for gun control is no longer enough. On Thursday night, the Democratic presidential candidates promised gun confiscation.
"Any platform he is provided...creates more space for right-wing extremists to escalate their attacks on our communities."