Probably yes, says Jed Rubenfeld; no, says Philip Zelikow.
which is to say the court that is the most in favor of public access to court records in such cases.
that treats the Library of Congress as an Executive Branch department as to Presidential removal of the Librarian.
though the court found the plaintiffs had standing to bring the claim, and gave them one last chance to amend their complaint to plausibly allege enough to allow the case to go forward.
More in Prof. Rebecca Scofield's defamation lawsuit against alleged psychic Ashley Guillard, based on Guillard's accusation that Scofield was involved in the Nov. 2022 murder of four University of Idaho students.
The order also covered the man's family and public officials, as well as the lawyers in the case.
But he declines to conclude that another judge, against whom a complaint was lodged over participation in such a boycott, violated the rules.
So the Ninth Circuit held today, by a 2-1 vote. I tentatively think the majority got it right as a matter of First Amendment law and statutory interpretation, though I think such statutes ought to be written to include some privacy exceptions as to gender identity and not just sex.
What did that 1995 article trying to predict the Internet future get right? More amusingly, what did it get wrong?
