Jeff Kosseff: Why False Speech Deserves First Amendment Protections
The former journalist defends misinformation in the Trump era and explains why so many journalists are against free speech.
The former journalist defends misinformation in the Trump era and explains why so many journalists are against free speech.
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The court required the university defendants to keep plaintiff's identity confidential (common in pseudonymous Title IX cases), but refused to extend this to media, students, and others.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a bill last month that would bar federal agencies from forcing employees to respect preferred names or pronouns.
By banning firearms from a long list of "sensitive places," the state is copying a policy that federal judges have repeatedly rejected.
She was the first woman Supreme Court justice, and played a key role in changing the Court's jurisprudence for the better on several issues.
The political push behind the law was well-meaning. But it will backfire on many prospective renters.
The ban, scheduled to take effect on January 1, is likely unconstitutional in multiple ways, the judge held.
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A district court refuses to enter default judgment against caselaw publisher Leagle, concluding that the plaintiff's claims against Leagle were legally insufficient.
under California's "anti-SLAPP" statute (which allows for prompt dismissal of claims brought based on certain kinds of speech).
We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?
Moral panic plus government power is an inescapably potent combination.
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Flagstaff keeps digging a hole over commercial free speech.
The 4th Circuit’s rejection of Maryland’s handgun licensing system suggests similar schemes in other states are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.
Students in four Oklahoma school districts are also required to wear their school ID on a lanyard and sit on their own team's side.
Officers barged into their house without a warrant, shot their dog, and mocked them, a federal civil rights lawsuit says.
In separate criminal racketeering cases, prosecutors are using rap lyrics and the personal diary of a protester shot and killed by police as evidence.
The Supreme Court will consider whether federal agencies’ administrative judges violate the Seventh Amendment.
a new article of mine, is now available at the Journal of Law & Religion.
The university is violating John Strauss's free speech rights.
"Cut your backwards ass bullshit or you will start losing family members and the President of the United States will wind up dead!"
a contrary view to Josh's
Owners of Wilmington, North Carolina's Cheetah Premier Gentlemen's Club say they were blindsided by the seizure.
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