Trump Again Condemns His Supreme Court Nominees As Too Cowardly To Agree With Him
The president's latest tirade against recalcitrant justices reflects his open contempt for judicial review.
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Rent Control's Revenge
While San Francisco's mayor calls for more rent control, Providence's mayor loses his primary for opposing the policy.
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The Trump Administration Shut Down a Police Misconduct Database. Now It's Facing a FOIA Lawsuit
The White House said the database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement officers was "full of woke,…
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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Gags and Grievance: The Labor Origins of Whistleblowing," by Sarah Milov
Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the…
Read at source →Distortion by Omission: The New York Times and "Pro-Palestine" Demonstrations
If you are someone who gets their news primarily from the New York Times and NPR, as many liberal-leaning Americans……
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How To Get Your Government File
The Freedom of Information Act gives Americans the right to see what records the government has on any…
Read at source →UAE, the Muslim Brotherhood, RICO, and Defamation
From Nada v. United Arab Emirates, decided by Judge Amy Berman Jackson (D.D.C.) today: Plaintiffs Hazim Nada and his…
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Thomas Massie Just Filed 8 Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth
The Kentucky congressman says he will force a vote on removing Hegseth, who is accused of "abusing the power of his…
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Study: Reimbursing Victims of Police Property Damage Would Cost Very Little
And yet governments deny reimbursement claims more often than approving them, according to the Institute for Justice.
Read at source →No Closed Trial for Billion-Dollar Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreement
I have more details on this morning's First Circuit decision (written by Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson) in Doe v. Smith……
Read at source →"Mo Money Mo Problems": No Pseudonymity for Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreement
"[O]ur precedent makes paramount the principle of transparency as a bulwark of the effectiveness of our judicial system…
Read at source →Trump Goes Postal On Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett
What did the Justices tell Trump during their interviews to make the President think otherwise?
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Another Libel-by-Product Case, Here by Voice Stress Test Rather than AI Output
From Booth v. NITV, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. (E.D. Ark.): Trayesha Booth worked at the…
Read at source →Magistrate Judge Declines to Recuse After Sanctioning Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for Violating Court Order in Anti-Semitism Lawsuit
An interesting discussion of recusal, timeliness, and the social relationships between judges and lawyers and their…
Read at source →New in SCOTUSBlog: "Break The Supreme Court Law Clerk Cartel"
"This is the eighth and final piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better."
Read at source →Texas Surrogacy Case Comes To The Emergency Docket
California couple who wanted to abort their surrogate child now seek to remove one-month old baby to California where…
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The Protect College Sports Act Shows How Much the GOP Doesn't Care About Limited Government Anymore
Nothing says “small government” like having politicians run college sports.
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Restoring Childhood Says It's Not Smartphones Making Teens Miserable. It's School.
Computers, video games, and the internet actually helped "restore childhood" in the 1990s, suggests psychologist Peter…
Read at source →$175K Settlement in Suit Over Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students (with No Opt Out)
This case, which I blogged about last year, just settled yesterday for $175K ($108K to S.E. and his family, $40K… The…
Read at source →Who Are You? (Lawyers, Active and Otherwise, and Law Students)
Readers: If you're a lawyer, active or otherwise, or a law student, tell us a few things about yourself in… The post…
Read at source →Who Are You? (Non-Lawyers)
Readers: If you aren't a lawyer/ex-lawyer/future lawyer, tell us a few things about yourself in the comments. If you…
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 15, 1857
9/15/1857: Chief Justice William Howard Taft's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 15, 1857…
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Why a Trump-Appointed Judge Just Blocked the President's Mail-In Ballot Restrictions
A notable legal defeat for the Trump administration
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Brickbat: E.U. Blues
The European Union has placed ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox under stricter rules after all three passed the threshold of…
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Chief Justice Roberts Goes Postal on Trump's USPS Rule
Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom Of Night Will Stop The Shadow Docket.
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New Book on "Democracy's Challenges: 100 Ideas"
Now available online for free, from NYU Press. I am one of many contributors.
Read at source →The Brief "Contained False Testimony from Wholly Fabricated Witnesses"
From the New Mexico Supreme Court last week in State v. Sandoval, via Ars Technica (Jon Brodkin): WHEREAS, Respondent…
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Is AI Really an Existential Threat?
Plus: California's new restrictions on social media, Trump's $5,000 “dividend,” and the future of libertarianism.
Read at source →Journal of Free Speech Law: "Forced Unanimity and the First Amendment," by Frank LoMonte
Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the…
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'Alligator Alcatraz' Held Detainees in Small Metal Cages, Inspector General Report Finds
An inspection of the now-closed detention camp found overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and an "unprecedented" use of…
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AI Executives Want International Regulation. They Could Just Slow Down Themselves.
Dario Amodei is calling for coordinated international limits on AI development while Anthropic prepares to go public.
Read at source →Libel Suit Against Book Publisher by Doctor Accused of Performing Unnecessary Gynecological Procedures on Immigration Detainees Can Go Forward
From Judge Maragaret Garnett (S.D.N.Y.) in Amin v. Spiegel & Grau LLC: Plaintiff is Dr. Mahendra Amin, a gynecologist…
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Our New Amicus Brief in the Section 301 Tariff Case
The Cato Institute, Michael McConnell, and I filed an amicus brief in litigation challenging Trump's massive Section…
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A $95,000 Fine for Transporting a 6-Pack of Beer Defies the Eighth Amendment, a Supreme Court Brief Argues
The history of the Excessive Fines Clause shows why Alaska pilot Ken Jouppi should not lose his airplane simply because…
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