Greg Abbott's Pardon Promise Ignores the Shakiness of Daniel Perry's Self-Defense Claim
A Texas jury unanimously rejected Perry’s assertion that Garrett Foster pointed a rifle at him.
A Texas jury unanimously rejected Perry’s assertion that Garrett Foster pointed a rifle at him.
The duty to retreat from public confrontations has nothing to do with the cases cited in recent stories about seemingly unjustified shootings.
Morgan Bettinger might sue the University of Virginia for violating her First Amendment rights.
A three-judge panel concludes that bump stocks cannot be considered machine gun parts under the rule of lenity.
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He was hospitalized multiple times for diabetes while in state custody.
The question turns on whether the politician's web page is seen as the politician's own speech as a citizen, or as a government page.
Morgan Bettinger was accused on social media of telling protesters they would make good "speed bumps." It was more than a year before investigations cleared her.
The Department of Justice emulates the Kremlin in smearing government critics as foreign agents.
Her podcast Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children delves into abuse at a state-run institution.
What happens when anti-liberty zealots get the same powers?
Mifepristone will remain on the market for now with no changes to how it can be prescribed.
The journalist and dissident, who was sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony for criticizing the Russian government, has not received the same attention.
"While I respect the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion, I am not willing to allow an execution to proceed despite so many doubts," said Oklahoma's attorney general.
It took years to break our society; we’ll be a long time making repairs.
The HBO movie muddies important distinctions.
Weaponization of the federal government, indeed
James Madison University's debate team says that "free speech should not extend to requiring us to platform or amplify ideas that are exclusionary, discriminatory, or hostile."
Critics argue that excessively strict pleading standards prevent plaintiffs with meritorious defamation claims from obtaining the evidence they need to support them.
"Plaintiff was not informed by his legal counsel prior to filing suit of the potential for immediate disclosure of his name if his Motion to Proceed Under Pseudonym was denied."
The social worker had reported the parents for educational neglect; the parents argue this was knowingly false, because the social worker knew the parents "were in compliance with their statutory obligation to educate their child" by home schooling.
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"They put that man in that cell, left him there to die," said an attorney for the man's family. "And that's exactly what happened."
What happened to the claim that this was just about protecting young children?
The 1964 Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Sullivan makes it more difficult for public figures to prove defamation—but as we saw this week, not impossible.
allegedly "threaten[ing] ... administrators, ma[king] female instructors and students uncomfortable, and show[ing] signs of 'disjointed' thinking."
The Court will determine whether the Due Process Clause prevents the government from using asset forfeiture to seize property and hold it for many months without a timely hearing.
The feds invoke national security to take away more of your rights and pretend they're keeping you safe.
"Christian libertarians" Bayard Rustin and David Dellinger challenged state power and ended up leading the civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam War protests.
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Officials who often get it wrong can’t be trusted to reliably decree what’s true.
Martha Pollack rejects the pernicious premise that universities should protect students from offensive ideas.
"The truth matters," says Dominion Voting Systems, and "lies have consequences."
"Defendants accused of creating fake social media accounts to harass PRC dissidents, and working with employees of a U.S. telecommunications company to remove dissidents from company's platform."
Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia last month on espionage charges. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in a penal colony.
Recent efforts from the governor, the attorney general, and state legislators suggest the state is moving away from capital punishment.
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