Better late than never.
The bill—focused on speech outside vaccination centers (except labor protests)—just passed both houses of the Legislature, and is waiting for Governor Newsom's signature.
That was the justification for a trial court order, which the North Carolina Court of Appeals has just reversed.
By and large, those schemes (like Texas’s SB 8 liability for abortion providers) must be fought by raising the Constitution as a defense in a civil lawsuit—not through preenforcement challenges.
What's on your mind?
"Governor McKinney had no power to contract away the Commonwealth's essential power of freedom of government speech in perpetuity by simply signing the 1890 Deed."
in a case brought by a woman who was trying to document her claims that a school affiliated with a local Islamic center was overusing a local park.
"A word isn't like a sparrow -- if it flies out, you can't catch it."
Blankenship had been convicted of a misdemeanor related to a deadly disaster at a mine his company owned; Trump, Jr. had erroneously labeled him a "felon"; a judge concluded that there's enough evidence that Trump, Jr. knew the statement was false, or at least likely false.
The court rejects the argument that publicity about the lawsuit might taint jury pool, and "has imposed a deep emotional burden upon [church's] current members, imposes a possibility of some clients of the church's weekly meal, food pantry, counseling programs, or other services withdrawing their participation [and] imposes a possibility of loss of donors."
An excellent opportunity for would-be legal academics; applications are due September 15.
A federal court so holds, applying Maryland's Riot Act, and quoting the Mayor's famous line that the City "gave those who wished to destroy space to do that."
Some states still allow ordinary citizens (and not just the usual criminal prosecutors) to initiate a prosecution of someone they accuse of a crime.
The university shut down a speech by noted economist Arthur Laffer because of organized heckling by “progressives.”
No, say two Tenth Circuit judges in a case involving the VDARE Foundation; yes, says a dissenting judge.
Looks like it goes away, for however long the VP acts as President.
"[M]ost revealing of actual knowledge of falsity is the vehicle chosen by Riccio to spread the falsehoods—the anonymous letter."
