“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.
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state's story add up?
"Every teacher, every classroom in the state will have a Bible in the classroom and will be teaching from the Bible in the classroom," state Superintendent Ryan Walters announced last week.
Keir Starmer’s Labour secures a sweeping victory, taking the helm from Rishi Sunak.
The official argued, among other things, that defendant's speech constituted "words of incitement" intended "to rile up the Black community to attack [her]."
Department of Education settlements with protest-wracked colleges threaten censorship by bureaucracy.
Supervised release shouldn't require former inmates to give up their First Amendment rights.
The creator of Masameer County was charged with promoting homosexuality and terrorism for his South Park-style satirical cartoon.
And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.
An Ohio trial court issued the injunction, but the Ohio Court of Appeals has just set it aside.
Contrary to progressive criticism, curtailing bureaucratic power is not about protecting "the wealthy and powerful."
Jane Bambauer and I quickly run down what happened in these two cases (both of which involved First Amendment challenges and social media).
Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says these cases will "devastate" the regulatory state. Good.
The surveillance company mSpy just suffered its third data breach in a decade, exposing government officials snooping for both official and unofficial reasons.
Justice Alito takes a similar view, but, at least in this case, this view didn't get the four votes necessary to grant review.
Plus: A disappointing first round of "Baby YIMBY" grant awards, President Joe Biden endorses rent control, and House Republicans propose cutting housing spending.
But, at least in this case, this view didn't get the four votes necessary to grant review.
The defendant had alleged that he, his family, and his lawyer had been threatened by the public, but the Ohio Supreme Court concluded that the trial court wasn't given adequate evidence to justify sealing.
And a grand jury says that's illegal.
The Court is remanding these two cases for more analysis—but it made its views on some key issues clear.
