"any patient who, based on the treating physician's medical judgment, would be past the legal limit for an abortion in Texas ... on April 22, 2020" (the date until which the Texas restrictions suspend abortions) remains able to get an abortion, despite the restrictions.
That violates the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and probably the freedom of assembly and association.
The Liberty University president thinks two reporters' coverage was unfair—so he wants them arrested.
Can we take government officials at their word that they'll eventually abandon their new powers?
She posted on social media about deliberately spreading the disease, but she's not actually sick.
Power-seeking public officials thrive on our fear.
Latin American leaders are muzzling journalists, indefinitely postponing elections, and enforcing quarantines with military patrols.
But the ban might still be blocked as to women who are far enough along in their pregnancies that delaying an abortion would make it illegal.
From doxxing people with the new coronavirus to making diagnosed and suspected patients wear ankle monitors, some states are taking all the wrong steps to slow the spread of COVID-19.
"The Commission does not ... act as a self-appointed, free-roving arbiter of truth in journalism. plus an interesting discussion of the FCC's hoax rules.
Under fire for refusing to support Tara Reade, Milano says she never thought #MeToo would "destroy innocent men."
Not every apparent violation of a quarantine order is a risk to other people, and not all need to be (or can be) enforced equally.
On appeal, Ohio interpreted the limit (part of a temporary ban on all "non-essential" surgeries and procedures) as not banning abortions when "any delay will jeopardize the woman's right to obtain an abortion," but only as delaying earlier-term abortions that can be delayed—but it apparently hadn't made that argument in the trial court.
Today, Judge Judge Timothy M. Witkowiak refused to issue the injunction, partly on prior restraint grounds. The election is scheduled for tomorrow.
Confusing travel distance with actual human mingling is no way to create smart policy.
Heard's Washington Post op-ed didn't mention Depp, but the judge concludes that in context it would be seen as implying factual assertions about him.
Anyone who wants to restrict free speech should contemplate what it would be like if your enemy gets to choose what gets said.
The store owner thought his employee acted in reasonable defense of property and self. The police disagreed.
“The federal government forgot the Tenth Amendment and the structure of the Constitution itself.”
An innocent man was beaten up by a local police detective and an FBI agent. No one wants to take responsibility.
Lawmakers are peddling restrictions on self-defense and other rights to a frightened public.
Politicians and the public are alarmingly willing to violate civil liberties in the name of fighting the epidemic.
Carter Page was not an anomaly.
Don't the authorities have better things to do with their time right now?
A word that appears >10,000 times in court cases, in a wide range of fields -- yet some insist that law professors not be allowed to quote it.
Threatening shops for selling chocolate Easter eggs and mocking people who are actually following the law undermines citizens’ trust.
Plus: "Netflix for 3-D guns," viral authoritarianism, COVID-19 behind bars, and more…
The county's ban on firearm sales is inconsistent with a new federal advisory as well as the Second Amendment.
The government is perfectly capable of counting heads in a less-intrusive and more-hygienic way.
An interesting, though inconclusive, case involving preppers.
An interesting post by Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen) on a demand letter ProctorU sent to UCSB.
The biggest thing our institutions could do to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation would be to spread less misinformation themselves.
though subject to stringent rules aimed at preventing coronavirus spread.
Or is the Second Amendment suspended for the duration of the epidemic?
Plus "An accused student's rights must be guaranteed—not left open for interpretation."
Can it justify temporarily forbidding people to buy guns?
Despite broad claims from the company, available police reports don't support the idea that filming everything in front of people's doors stops much crime.
It depends on the state where you live.
The district court reasoned that sealing was justified because of "the child's privacy interest in being protected from financial predators or others who would harass the child simply because they know the amount received." No, said the Fifth Circuit.
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