Hate Speech on Social Media
Facebook bans Farrakhan, Yiannopoulos, and others, and come watch me talk about hate speech on social media at NYU
Crime
Does Judge Robert Pitman's Opinion Enjoining Texas's anti-BDS Law Stand Up to Scrutiny?
Short answer: no, not even close
Save Stanford University Press
Stanford may be about to seriously damage one of the world's leading academic publishers, for what seem like very small budgetary savings.
National injunctions and equitable mootness
The Ninth Circuit orders briefing on whether one national injunction moots another
Circuit Split on Whether Autoerotic Asphyxiation = "Intentionally Self-Inflicted Injury"
And yet despite the split, I doubt that the Supreme Court would agree to take the case.
Planned Lone-Wolf (?) Jihadist Attack in L.A. Thwarted
"Domingo discussed with the [confidential informant] different targets for an attack, including Jews, police officers, churches, and a military facility."
Might Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Disappear?
A major environmental case might settle before the Supreme Court has the chance to review it.
'Some People Might Say That Ricky Fell Through a Crack in the System. This Is Not a Crack. This Is the System.'
Over 23 years ago Missouri’s criminal justice system failed a man charged with murder. This week he’s looking at his last best chance at freedom.
Return of the Reefer-Crazed Killer
"The black tide of psychosis and the red tide of violence are rising together on a green wave."
New Jersey Is Keeping More and More People Out of Jail, and That's Great
New Jersey is detaining almost half as many people pretrial, and the state is not seeing a big crime wave.
Florida Cases Restoke Chinese Conspiracy Fears
Yujing Zhang, Cindy Yang, and prostitution busts at Chinese spas have planted the seeds for new conspiratorial corruption narratives to bloom.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
It wasn't about what was fair, it wasn't about what was honest, it was about winning.
Cooley Judicial Lecture: Respecting Local Control: State Law in the Federal System
Come hear Judge Joan Larsen give inaugural Cooley Judicial Lecture at Georgetown Law; See Cooley Book Prize awarded to Richard Fallon
Justice Department Revises Its Position in Texas ACA Case
The Trump Administration has decided that the Affordable Care Act should be voided in its entirety.
Vox Symposium on Attorney General Barr's Summary of the Mueller Report
Fifteen legal scholars weigh in, including the VC's own Keith Whittington, and myself.
First Impressions on the Mueller Investigation
The attorney general has released his summary of the report. Let the games begin.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Electron microscopy, therapeutic insoles, and (allegedly) thieving police.
Fourth Circuit Deepens the Split on Accessing Opened E-Mails
Courts have been struggling with this issue for years, and now the law is even more divided than before.
Dangers of Growing Support for Court-Packing
There is growing support for packing the Supreme Court among liberal Democrats, including some presidential candidates. It's a terrible idea that would severely damage the institution of judicial review, if ever implemented. Thoughtful liberals would do well to reject it.
New Cert Petition: Does the Fourth Amendment Allow "Information Seeking" Stops of Suspects?
I blogged about this case last year, and now I've filed a cert petition in the case.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Episode 255 of the Cyberlaw Podcast: Russia and China revamp their military technologies
Emory Academic Freedom/Free Speech on Campus conference this week (3/21-3/23): CLE credit available
All are welcome to this week's conference at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, Ga., with a selection of nationwide experts on the First Amendment, free speech, academic freedom, and university policies, from both the academic side and the student-affairs professional side.
Does the Constitution Require Unanimous Jury Verdicts in Criminal Cases?
In 1972, a 4-1-4 Supreme Court decision said "yes" in federal cases, no in state cases; the Supreme Court will now reconsider it.
Sam Bray receives Story (Bator) Award
for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and public impact.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
A police schism, a profanity-laced raid, and Mustangs over Berlin.
SCOTUS Still Won't Allow TV Cameras -- But What About Same-Day Audio
The Court has released same-day audio of oral arguments before. Why can't it be a regular practice?
Against (Most) Antitrust Law
The economic benefits of antitrust likely are not worth the costs.
In Defense of the Status Quo
The still-salient case for a biologically-based women's category in elite sport.
On the Biology of Sex, Sex Differentiation, and the Performance Gap
Yes, it is all about testosterone.
