The filmmakers who brought The Coddling of the American Mind to the big screen discuss the students whose stories inspired the film and the state of the media, Hollywood, and storytelling.
The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online.
Online trolls weaponized child protective services against J.D. and Britney Lott and their eight children.
The ruling is the second recent court decision that has curbed Detroit's aggressive vehicle forfeiture program.
Robert Williams was arrested in 2020 after facial recognition software incorrectly identified him as the person responsible for a Detroit-area shoplifting incident.
Scott wrote about the ways people resist authority—and the unmapped territories where much of that resistance takes place.
Voters should not dismiss the former president's utter disregard for the truth as a personal quirk or standard political practice.
The judge concludes Fox's statements about Jankowicz's plans as Executive Director of the DHS Disinformation Governance Board, and the circumstances of her leaving the position, were constitutionally protected opinion—and, even if they were viewed as factual assertions, were substantially true.
Jaleel Stallings became an attack ad for Republicans. What they don't mention is that he was acquitted, and a police officer pleaded guilty to assaulting him.
Gov. Janet Mills’s office referred critical social media posts to the police. The FPC pushed back.
The president's decision to drop out after insisting he never would continued a pattern established by a long career of politically convenient reversals.
"[A]nyone who has used Facebook is aware that it is a platform that breeds spiteful and juvenile exchanges."
Collecting and analyzing newborns' blood could allow the state to surveil people for life.
Sen. Mastriano (who is running for reelection to the state senate, and who ran in 2022 for Governor) is suing for, among other things, libel—but trying to keep the allegedly libelous material under seal.
Organizers of the highway obstruction will spend years in jail for their anything-but-peaceful protest.
However distasteful, the First Amendment protects a citizen’s right to give a police officer the middle finger.
"In short, 'cruel and unusual' is not the same as 'harmful and unfair,'" the court wrote.
Defending the federal ban on gun possession by drug users, the government's lawyers seem increasingly desperate.
“This Court rejects Defendants’ argument an ordinary person could find ‘amateur,’ in this circumstance, to refer to ‘one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than a profession’ or a ‘devotee, [or] admirer,’ given the surrounding context and circumstance.”
The party platform previously called for a constitutional amendment to protect unborn children. Now, it says abortion should be left to the states.
"Professor Volokh may not ... publicly disclose Plaintiff's name or personal identifying information in any future writings, speeches, or other public discourse."
The plot to kidnap the Michigan governor was in large part concocted and encouraged by paid FBI informants and their Bureau handlers.
In a "novel" order concerning the app NGL, the agency takes aim at online anonymity and at minors on social media.
Nearly eight years after it was filed, the vexatious lawsuit against protester DeRay Mckesson has been dismissed with prejudice.
Good intentions, bad results.
While the decision is great news for Tennesseans, it's only the first step in reclaiming Americans' property rights against the open fields doctrine.
The party's neglect of the issue is consistent with its domination by Donald Trump, who pays lip service to the Second Amendment but has never been a true believer.
“The article also documents Plaintiff’s four failed attempts at appearing on the Real Housewives of New York, and the potentially circumstantial evidence that the fire was used as a publicity stunt as it occurred just one day prior to Plaintiff joining a talk show wherein she talked extensively about the fire.”
"Can a child not ride her bike on the street in this neighborhood anymore?"
An article from the Defamation: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives symposium, sponsored by the Center for Legal Philosophy at UC Irvine.
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state's story add up?
After police detained Benjamin Hendren, they urged construction workers to lie about him.
Officers should have known that handcuffing a compliant 10-year-old is unnecessary, the court ruled.
Public colleges must have viewpoint-neutral policies, but they don't have to allow protester encampments.
The town of Lakeland will have to refund Julie Pereira $688 in fines and fees and pay her $1 in nominal damages for violating her First Amendment rights.
Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
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