Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House?
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Judge Blocks Warrantless ICE Construction Site Raids After Agents in Alabama Arrested a U.S. Citizen 3 Times
Being on a construction site "does not open the floodgates to warrantless government intrusion," a federal judge ruled…
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MSNBC Pundit's Tweet Accusing Lawyer of "Coach[ing]" Jan. 6 Hearing Witness "to Lie" Wasn't Negligent
From today's decision by Judge Loren AliKhan (D.D.C.) in Passantino v. Weissmann (for an earlier decision in the case,…
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Trump Takes Page From Leftist Playbook With $5,000 Dividend Proposal
The Trump administration is willing to use public money for campaigning and gamble the country’s fiscal future, just…
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FA with "FAFO" and FO
A short excerpt from the long opinion in Barlow v. Dep't of Navy, decided Sept. 11 by Merit Systems Protection… The…
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No Warrant, No Suspicion, No Problem: Flock and Border Cellphone Searches Excluded From 4th Amendment Rules
Cops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing.
Read at source →4chan & Kiwi Farms Can't Sue English Internet Regulator in American Court
"laintiffs' suit fails because they seek to use American courts as a sword against Ofcom rather than as a shield to…
Read at source →4chan & Kiwi Farms Can't Sue U.K. Internet Regulator in American Court
"Plaintiffs' suit fails because they seek to use American courts as a sword against Ofcom rather than as a shield to…
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Purposely Negative
Plus: School segregation, ICE shooting, Cuban Americans envision the future, and more...
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Just a 10% Gender Gap in Attitudes on Lindsay Clancy Verdict
From a YouGov Sept. 4-8 survey: Thus, there's a 10-point gender gap, with women being less likely to vote guilty;… The…
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The 1950s: The Repudiation of Hate Speech Laws
In the 1950s, Americans confronted the precipitous rise of hate speech and hate groups, yet very few turned to hate…
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In Magistrate Judge Lara Eshkenazi's opinion Monday in Mercante v. Tarzia (E.D.N.Y.), defendant's counsel (Coleman)…
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People Get Paid for Blood, Plasma, and Drug Trials—Why Not Kidneys Too?
Instead of kidney waitlists that kill thousands of people a year, let people get paid for kidney transplants.
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 21, 1981
9/21/1981: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed by the Senate, 99-0. The post Today in Supreme Court History:…
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President Trump Stubbornly Clings to Archaic Mercantilist Economics
He who dies with the most hoarded cash does not, in fact, win.
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Brickbat: I Spy
High school principal Eric James has been arrested and charged after authorities discovered four hidden recording…
Read at source →More from Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech
A short excerpt from Prof. Mchangama's Sept. 3 post (though the whole thing is much worth reading): Frederick Douglass…
Read at source →Today in Supreme Court History: September 20, 1968
9/20/1968: The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission denied a certificate of no exterior effect to the Penn…
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Why Did a California County Fine Them Over $1 Million for Someone Else's Code Violations?
A recent settlement crippled a local code enforcement scheme—and exposed the perils of turning petty violations into…
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AI Companies Promise Humanoid Assistants. How Will the Robots Know What To Do?
Developers are using videos of real-life work to train the new generation of robots.
Read at source →When You're in a College Electrical Circuits Lab, Better Follow the Teacher's Instructions
From Soliz v. Alamo Colleges Dist., decided by Judge David Ezra (W.D. Tex.) on Sept. 16: Plaintiff Joseph Soliz, who……
Read at source →General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished
An excerpt from a longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Tex.) Monday in U.S. v. Griffin: Defendant was… The…
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Customs and Border Protection Doesn't Deny Using Facial Recognition To Target Foreign OnlyFans Models
The immigration system has a confusing and opaque approach to foreigners who have done sex work.
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907
9/19/1907: Justice Lewis Powell's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907 appeared first…
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Cancer Vaccines, Anti-Aging Treatments, and 5 Other Exciting Biomedical Advances
Getting older makes you more prone to all kinds of maladies. So why not become younger?
Read at source →Restriction on Handgun Sales to Out-of-State Residents Violates Second Amendment
So held Elite Precision Customs L.L.C. v. BATFE, decided today by Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, joined by Kurt…
Read at source →Plaintiff's Tourette's Syndrome Doesn't Justify Pseudonymity
From today's decision by Judge Rebecca Brady Jennings (W.D. Ky.) in Doe v. Blanche: "Plaintiff has not advanced any…
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Montana's Anti-Deepfakes Law Just Hit a First Amendment Roadblock
A federal judge found that the state's restrictions on AI-generated political speech likely violate the First Amendment.
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Can President Trump Ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House?
President Trump posted today: Is that constitutional? According to the D.C. Circuit (the federal appellate court with…
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Is Effective Altruism Really a Doom Cult?
On the Freed Up podcast, Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss effective altruism, Sydney Sweeney, and the UT…
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The Shaky Evidence That Flock Cameras Reduce Crime Rates
Flock has been promoting a recent study of its cameras' impacts on car theft. But the paper didn't demonstrate a causal…
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Lindsay Clancy's Holdout Juror Did What Jurors Are Supposed To Do
Just as a holdout may be a bulwark against wrongful conviction, a unanimous verdict is difficult to obtain by design.
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Court Upholds Suspicionless Cellphone Searches at the Border
A federal appeals court says it's legal for federal agents to scroll through your phone and take pictures of its…
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In the Name of Tax Fairness, Politicians Propose Special Tax Penalties on Data Centers
State and federal policymakers are attempting to exclude data centers from run-of-the-mill tax exemptions.
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Congress Doesn't Agree on Much. Except That Your Car Needs AM Radio.
The push to mandate AM radios has brought Ted Cruz together with Bernie Sanders.
Read at source →AI and Ghostwriting
James Taranto is the editorial features editor of the Wall Street Journal. I have published many pieces with James…
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