The reasoning would apply to other politicians' accounts that are seen as "official" rather than personal, and to accounts that are run by government entities (such as school boards) rather than individual politicians.
Jon Goldsmith was charged with third-degree harassment after calling Deputy Cory Dorsey a "stupid sum bitch" online.
An interesting Massachusetts decision from a couple of months ago, upholding a trial court's refusal to seal under such circumstances.
State DMVs are building a vast national digital identification database for federal law enforcement.
As of last week, only around 700 weapons had been turned over.
A new report from the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights finds a "shockingly high" number of politically motivated extrajudicial killings.
"Purdue's process fell short of what even a high school must provide to a student facing a days-long suspension."
An anonymous lawsuit claims that it's tortious to try to artificially boost the prominence of an embarrassing article.
The new law says that someone buying a semi-automatic rifle has to be at least 21, pass a stricter background check, take a safety training course, and complete a 10-day waiting period.
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
The Declaration of Independence advocates a polity based on universal principles of liberty and equality, not ethnic nationalism. We would do well to remember those principles today.
Sanity prevails (for now) in Alabama case that sparked national outrage.
The plaintiffs say manufacturers broke the law by producing rifles that were compatible with accessories that facilitate rapid firing.
An academic debate turns into professional and legal accusations.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) has proposed a dreadful bill that would give the government control of internet content. He thinks the only reason anyone could be opposed is because they've been bought off.
Nicole Prause and Donald Hilton, longtime opponents on the subject of pornography, are now facing off in court.
The Supreme Court has held that the government generally may not terminate contracts with contractors based on their constitutionally protected speech; the same likely applies to financial incentives..
Many digital payments can be tracked, potentially assisting an authoritarian crackdown.
That's what a New York trial court decision just posted online today held -- correctly, I think.
What the backward-looking Democratic debate tells us about contemporary education policy and woke politics
"Fairness can rarely be obtained by secret, one-sided determination of facts decisive of rights."
It’s the ‘90s all over again, and the White House is in no mood to humor tech companies right now.
Noted political publicist Trevor FitzGibbon (who had represented Julian Assange) sues whistleblower lawyer Jesselyn Radack (who had represented Edward Snowden) -- a second time.
Masked activists attacked the Quillette editor with fists and milkshakes, sending him to the emergency room.
Rules always seem to make officials do terrible things when they don’t want to do what is right.
As governments and law enforcement agencies rush to incorporate facial recognition tech, California lawmakers have a chance to slam on the brakes.
The state's Liquor and Cannabis Board changed its policy after Hempfest and two marijuana retailers challenged it on constitutional grounds.
What the hell is going on with this state?
None of the participants in last night's debate had a credible answer to the question of what should be done about the hundreds of millions of guns that Americans already own.
A flawed study continues to be repeated as if it proves something about the efficacy of gun permit laws.
Activist and celebrity musician Denise Ho discusses the Hong Kong protests, her 2014 arrest, and the future of Hong Kong's autonomy from China.
The Court of Appeal has ordered that the formerly nonprecedential decision, which I blogged about four weeks ago, will now be precedential.
Countries across the world tackle political misinformation with authoritarian censorship.
And don't even try to pin Elizabeth Warren down on whether the procedure should be legal in the third trimester.
Early debates actually tell us a good deal about where political parties are heading.
Prior Minnesota precedents had said that some First Amendment protections against defamation liability applied only to media speakers.
The government's latest moral crusade shields traffickers, empowers pimps, and undermines free speech online.
Most of the party’s presidential contenders show little or no concern for the right to armed self-defense.
It's Ravelry, and it's not just a "knitting site."
Boggs-Perez is the recently elected trustee of the San-Antonio-area Judson Independent School District, and the requests aimed to deindex columns about her in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the San Antonio Express-News.
The bill would turn law-abiding gun owners into felons for possessing a product that is almost never used in violent crimes.
It may be time to hire a libel service.
Ron Wyden and Rand Paul team up to stop Border Patrol from snooping in your stuff without good reason.
"Section 230 has nothing to do with neutrality. Nothing. Zip. There is absolutely no weight to that argument," Wyden says. He oughta know. He wrote the damn thing.
The celebrated law professor lost his position as faculty dean after students demanded his firing.
From Sohrab Ahmari to Josh Hawley, what the new right really wants is to squelch free expression.
Such speech, whether about elected officials or others, is punishable, the court held, if it "[does] not express social or political beliefs or constitute legitimate conduct" and "could only serve to harass, annoy or alarm the complainant."
