Why Is Paramount So Keen To Settle Trump's Laughable Lawsuit Against CBS?
The company is worried that the president's complaints about a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris could block a pending merger.
The company is worried that the president's complaints about a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris could block a pending merger.
“Plaintiff has not conducted this litigation as though it involves matters of a highly sensitive and personal nature—instead, she would cloak herself in pseudonymity, and the protections it affords, while publicly lobbing allegations at Defendant by name.”
The government failed to persuade the appeals court that 18-to-20-year-olds are not part of "the people" or that the age restriction is consistent with the "historical tradition of firearm regulation."
The settlement vindicates Kimberly Diei's First Amendment right to comment on sexually explicit rap songs without suffering government retaliation.
That's because it apparently covers only grants to foreign organizations operating abroad, and a 2020 Supreme Court decision generally held that the First Amendment doesn't apply in such situations.
Public records obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show how sensitive police databases are used and abused.
The settlement of the civil case follows guilty pleas or convictions in related criminal cases.
These bills—in Indiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina—could also imperil IVF practices and threaten care for women with pregnancy complications.
The Michigan Court of Appeals just upheld the conviction, under a statute that requires showing of purpose to (among other things) "harass[]" or "molest[]," and reason to know that third parties would send the target unwanted and "harass[ing]" or "molest[ing]" messages. The statute doesn't require any showing that the accusations were false.
Biden's FDA pushed a prohibition that disproportionately targeted marginalized communities. Trump's reversal may mark a shift toward smarter drug policy.
Nunes and his family's farm can't sufficiently show damages, so the court doesn't have to reach any of the other elements of defamation.
"Make childhood great again," says state Sen. Lincoln Fillmore.
Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.
Politicians who’ve dropped the ball inevitably see the solution as reducing people's freedom.
The Sixth Circuit finds a city failed to provide adequate process before demolishing a condemned mobile home.
The Bank Secrecy Act regime forces banks to report customers to the government for an ever-growing list of “red flags.”
But at least he restored respect for a tariff-loving predecessor by renaming a mountain.
"Every day I confront a bill that wants to ban another Chinese company," the Kentucky senator tells Reason.
By the end of 2025, as many as 100 million Americans could live in a state where they can be reported for protected expression.
A new crop of restrictive laws faces a friendly reception in the courts but ongoing public resistance.
"I can't make sense of it. I couldn't even finish watching the video," said the girl's mother. "That's not how you handle children."
Two modest defenses of Tyler’s choice of law strategy.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board should be Trump's ally in a battle against the deep state. So why is he undermining it?
and thus not actionable defamation, unless defendant "implies undisclosed facts by insinuating that the plaintiff" engaged in specific racist acts or made (undisclosed) racist statements.
A unanimous Supreme Court decision established as much in 1965.
The Court’s departures from standard choice of law principles (or, takings doctrine for federal courts gurus).
The founder of Skeptic magazine discusses whether conspiracy thinking is on the rise and whether it's coded right or left.
The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.
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