Judicial Candidates' Free Speech Rights
Does the Supreme Court's decision in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar (2015) -- which upheld a restriction on fundraising by a judicial candidate -- also authorize much broader bans on candidate speech?
Does the Supreme Court's decision in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar (2015) -- which upheld a restriction on fundraising by a judicial candidate -- also authorize much broader bans on candidate speech?
London's got a homicide problem, but leaders insist it's being caused by the tools.
"You used language of safety and protection earlier. We see this happening on college campuses all across the country."
A Michigan jury tampering case strikes at the heart of the First Amendment.
"If Facebook and other online companies will not or cannot fix their privacy invasions, then we are going to have to. We, the Congress."
A plain reading of the text suggests that Deerfield's new law covers all semi-automatic rifles that can hold more than 10 rounds.
If you want to avoid conflict among hostile groups, decentralize power-preferably to individuals.
London's murder numbers now exceed New York's. But the new murders teach old lessons: Drug wars are bad and weapon laws don't stop crime.
We need to up our media literacy game, not delegate responsibility to politicians who have no idea what they're doing.
Fatal shootings in Portland and Brooklyn demonstrate how fear pushes officers to escalate encounters.
Prodding private companies into self-censorship is a dangerous government tradition.
"I do not believe that the American public wants banks to decide which legal products consumers can and cannot buy."
An interesting Arizona appellate decision rejecting a court's assignment of a treating therapist, and rejecting a gag order that limited parents' discussions with the child.
His obsession with Justice Scalia's aside in Heller about "weapons...most useful in military service" ignores Scalia writing of weapons "typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes."
5 editorials call for the federal government to thwart Sinclair's expansion efforts in wake of creepy promo video; meanwhile you can count the number of anti-FOSTA eds on one finger
Deerfield would fine residents up to $1,000 for owning one of a dizzying array of firearms.
Giving juries the power to destroy a journalism enterprise for being offensive is bad for free expression.
Williamson's rhetoric is inflammatory, but his views on abortion are not beyond the pale.
A Florida case highlights the due process issues raised by gun violence restraining orders.
"We want people to come here and have a good time and to feel safe."
Plus: YouTube shooter bought and registered gun legally.
The FBI is looking for a back door to your phone. So are some snoops in the FBI's back yard.
The gun control policies student activists favor are just as dubious as the school security measures they mock.
Get ready for ever-more-intrusive mental-health measures.
Looking for political or cultural calls to action in this act of violence is a fool's errand.
Everett, Washington, continues to wage war against scantily clad "bikini baristas."
He is trashing the First Amendment to stifle the immigrant rights movement.
"Let's get the conversation to where people are talking not about limiting gun rights but expanding them."
Here's a theory, at least.
The ruling allows a civil suit against Backpage to proceed for one of the case's three plaintiffs.
"My school is starting to feel like a prison."
Stinging insects kill more Americans than mass shooters do.
This is not how you rebuild those community ties.
Plus: Hackers take over Atlanta, demand ransom to lift lock on city computers.
The Forum features a talk by the author, with commentary by me.
The Trump administration is violating the rule of law in the name of upholding it.
The state court ruling also concluded the taking violates the state constitution because it is for a forbidden "private use," rather than a public one.
Youth opinion on firearms is far from monolithic.
Corporations are being asked to take sides in a gun control debate that has very little to do with them.
More tech folks call themselves libertarian than anything else. So why are they afraid to speak up at work?
But wouldn't have stopped the Cambridge Analytica incident
And President Trump is mad at Amazon for...ruining the postal service?
Advertising "half-priced drinks" is legal. Advertising "two-for-one" drinks is not. Huh?
Did they follow appropriate procedures to get permission to wiretap?