This Awful House Bill Would Promote Gun Confiscation Without Due Process
The bill would make the criteria for federal grants loose enough to accommodate even the worst "red flag" laws.
The bill would make the criteria for federal grants loose enough to accommodate even the worst "red flag" laws.
The formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill won't be enough to stop the protest movement.
They worry that letting speech flourish in the rest of the campus will make "students feel unsafe and unwelcome."
If you want to stay out of federal court when suing someone from another state, ask for $75,000 or less at the outset -- as Eric Wedgewood / Heiko Julien, the creator of the Content Zone meme pages, has learned.
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Going beyond criticism, the resolution would punish the NRA and its supporters by cutting off contractors with ties to the group.
What’s at stake in Kansas v. Glover.
"Approximately 2½ minutes after Ms. Oransky's group began chanting ... a representative of the Community Center announced that the facility was closing and that everyone had the leave the building. Ms. Oransky took credit for that announcement immediately telling a videographer 'we closed it down!'"
The article is now available for free on SSRN.
Western Illinois University clamps down on student speech.
The program would try to develop a surveillance system based on predictive tests that don't exist.
Top justice rules that trying to push a criminal case forward over prosecutors’ objections is a violation of separation of powers.
Feds go fishing for private data in order to track down illegal exporters.
Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? Who knows? Do something!
The Supreme Court has said the First Amendment protects government contractors against termination based on their political views.
Right-wing cancel culture comes for Jamie Riley, who dared to criticize the American flag.
Nobody is being "confused" by vegetarian meat substitutes.
... or refer to all students without a title (e.g., by first name or by last name) and not use third-person pronouns to refer to them.
The law's impact on weapon choice cannot plausibly account for reductions or increases in fatalities.
The Federal Trade Commission's settlement with YouTube will cripple online video functionality.
An attempt by the district attorney to drop charges against nonviolent protesters was overruled.
The policy is unenforceable and poorly tailored to the problem it is meant to address.
Episode 6 of Free Speech Rules, from UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
Defenders, and enemies, of gun access need to get used to their fight being more cultural than political.
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Before you ask how many Americans will give up their guns, ask how many cops will even try to take them.
The brave idealism of the people of Hong Kong is enough to stir the heart of anyone who cherishes freedom.
Today, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the controversial extradition bill that set off protests.
If you disagree with these politicians about gun control, they think, you might as well join the KKK.
A growing number of prominent Democrats want owners of "assault weapons" to surrender them to the government. History says most people will ignore any such law.
Conservatives who argue that the video platform is constrained by the First Amendment are forsaking their constitutional principles.
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Posting “Finna be lit” on Snapchat shouldn’t have gotten Nathan Myers thrown out of school.
“There’s some merit in some of the criticisms of things that I’ve gotten wrong,” admits the former Quillette reporter.
You may be surprised how many different companies know whenever you use your credit card.
It flies in the face of precedent.
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"'There’s definitely an emotional cost to this,' he said. 'But I didn’t get the choice of leaving. I didn’t know what they were going to do.'"
"... , especially where, as here, the party who filed the suit alleges harm from the public availability of the record."
If the court that hears the cases stands to profit from the fines paid by defendants, that's a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Constitution. The rulings have potential implications for other, similar conflicts of interest in the criminal justice system.
Two federal court rulings cite a significant conflict of interest.
"Hong Kong is a place without basic political and economic freedom," Wong tells Reason.
The state attempted to recall the vanity plate on the grounds that it referenced "excretory acts or functions."