"And no matter how peaceful the students' behavior may be, unilaterally taking over a central portion of our campus for one side of a hotly disputed issue and precluding use by other members of our community is not right."
When may plaintiffs in highly politically controversial cases sue pseudonymously, in order to avoid public hostility?
Filming cops is a First Amendment right, and there are already plenty of laws against harassing them.
The former Senator says "the adults are still in charge" in Gainesville
An interesting report that helps explain why the messaging, tactics, and methods adopted by campus protestors have been so similar across the country.
A Jewish journal argues the problem is not the Act's definition of antisemitism, but the larger anti-speech bureaucratic edifice.
The pledge, while mostly legally illiterate, offers a reminder of the former president's outlook on government accountability.
"I am writing today to reiterate the reasons why the encampment is so problematic and why I am calling on you to end it."
Plus: San Francisco can't fix homelessness, future lawyers can't handle cops, and more...
The protesters deserve criticism—but Congress is the real threat.
Plus: Trump speaks at L.P. convention, Bill Ackman buys Zyn for the frat bros, Ukraine flagging, and more...
Vincent Yakaitis is unfortunately not the first such defendant. He will also not be the last.
One man’s overgrown yard became a six-year struggle against overzealous code enforcement.
"We will continue to fight for the right to access the internet without intrusive government oversight," says the group challenging the law.
Plus: Ceasefire negotiations, Chinese regulators, American crime, and more...
Tenth Circuit upholds preliminary injunction in favor of volunteer football coach, high school founder, and school district critic.
A FOIA request reveals what the FBI and Homeland Security had to say about anarchist activities on May Day 2015.
The government always has seemingly good reasons to sidestep people’s rights.
Even vile speech is protected, but violence and other rights violations are not.
Julian Assange and Priscilla Villarreal were both arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
Alabama law doesn't let police demand individuals' government identification. But they keep arresting people anyway.
David Knott helps clients retrieve unclaimed property from the government. The state has made it considerably harder for him to do that.
The latest video podcast episode from Prof. Jane Bambauer and me.
Plus, the significance of omitting "IDK."
Calls from the left and right to mimic European speech laws bring the U.S. to a crossroads between robust First Amendment protections and rising regulation.
Plus: College protest follow-up, AI and powerlifting, tools for evading internet censorship, and more...
The court held that the ADL's claims were factual assertions, and not just opinions; whether they are false assertions, and whether plaintiff is a limited-purpose public figure (who would therefore have to show knowing or reckless falsehood) remains to be decided.
even when he got the address through a public records request, and is trying to use it to show the chief lives far from town. The court concluded that the chief's "exact street address is not a matter of public concern" and therefore, under the circumstances, wasn't constitutionally protected.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory.
Young people need independent play in order to become capable adults.
The bill would allow the Education Department to effectively force colleges to suppress a wide range of protected speech.
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets
Plus: NatalCon, Cuban economics, AI priest defrocked, and more...
Half the country says suppressing “false information” is more important than press freedom.
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