The Iraq War Cheerleaders Were Wrong. They're Wrong About Iran Too.
Hawkish pundits predicted both wars would be swift and successful. That's not how it turned out.
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Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Forward (Including Against NewsNation)
From Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.) today in Combs v. Mitchell: Plaintiff Sean Combs is a well-known musician who uses…
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A Federal Indictment Charges an ICE Officer With Lying About a Shooting That DHS Eagerly Defended
The habitually dishonest department uncritically accepted a story that was immediately contradicted by video footage…
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Texas Labeling Islamic Group a Terrorist Organization Infringes on Campus Free Speech
By labeling this group a terrorist organization, the state is chilling more than Muslims' freedom of expression.
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The Right to Trial is Vanishing. Could Bolder Juries Save It?
A new campaign by the Cato Institute aims to educate jurors on their right to vote their conscience against unjust laws…
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The Lindsay Clancy Trial Was Never Going To Answer the Question Everyone Was Asking
In the court of public opinion, there is little room for ambiguity here. But those who watched the trial know that…
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DOJ Says Barring AI Training on Copyrighted Material Could 'Severely Hamper' Tech Progress
Training a model on copyrighted work is the same transformative use exception that protects The New York Times'…
Read at source →Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers of the United States." What Happens Next?
[This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman.] Over the past decade, many legal challenges have turned…
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In the White House's Retro Arcade Games, the Trump Administration Always Loses
In MAGAfied versions of Tapper and Tetris, the seed oils will eventually get through and the border wall will be…
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Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools.
Some Democrats are licking their chops over other economic powers that Trump has claimed for the presidency.
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Lawyers' Responsibility for Hallucinations in Briefs That They Sign
An interesting perspective from D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Glickman concurring in Douglas v. Deutsche Bank…
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"Incredulity" That "Competent Law Firm Representing One of the Largest Financial Institution[s] in the World" Filed Brief with AI Hallucinations
D.C.’s highest court strikes Deutsche Bank’s appellate brief as a sanction.
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OpenAI Agents Gone Rogue
Plus: Mail-in ballots, mortgage rates reach new high, arcade.gov is a new low, and more...
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 4, 1851
9/4/1851: Justice Levi Woodbury dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 4, 1851 appeared first on…
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Maryland Synagogue Challenges Restrictive Gun Law
Montgomery County officials want to prevent houses of worship from making security decisions.
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Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster
This podcast appeals to both history dads and true-crime girlies.
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Review: Outsider Art on Display at a New York City Museum
The American Folk Art Museum curates works by self-taught artists.
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Brickbat: Duck and Cover
A member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang from Port Willunga, South Australia, has been arrested and charged…
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This U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him 3 Times. His Lawsuit Is Moving Forward.
Despite carrying a REAL ID, Leo Garcia Venegas has been repeatedly detained by immigration agents. Now he’s suing to…
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Trump's Beef Tariff Cut Accidentally Makes the Case for Free Trade
As the president liberalized the market for beef, he also imposed new 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion worth of…
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Congress Is Trying (Again) To Ban Boycotting Israel
The bipartisan bill, which passed the House, takes aim at university boycotts of any “major strategic partner.”
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Lindsay Clancy, Heehaw the Donkey, and New Magneto Origins
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the stalled jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s case and the police…
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This Wired Article About AI Detection Software Was Really Mean
Pangram founder Max Spero urged social media not to pile on too much though.
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State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally.
There's “no reason to think a federal incentive would work any differently from state incentives,” says one expert.
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A New Bill Reflects the Bipartisan Backlash Against Flock-Enabled Mass Surveillance
Criticism from Trump allies and recent survey results show that resistance to widespread deployment of automated…
Read at source →Brief Update on the Entergy / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Matter
From the docket this morning; for more on the case, see here and here (the latter item notes the sealing,… The post…
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ICE Reportedly Lowered Its Standards To Meet Trump's Hiring Goal
Trump has criticized DEI initiatives for lowering hiring standards. A whistleblower now says ICE did that on purpose.
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A California County Used Drones To Spy on Homes. A Settlement Will Now Require Warrants.
Sonoma County launched the program to find illegal cannabis grows, but it secretly morphed into a wider search for…
Read at source →Judge's Opinion Denying TRO Against Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as to Publishing of Data Center Plans
This is Entergy Arkansas LLC v. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Inc., a case I blogged about yesterday, where a data center…
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Trump Is Taking a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Industry and This Crony Is Cashing In
Alejandro Betancourt has become the key go-between for the Trump administration, Venezuela’s new regime, and American…
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Trump Can't Deport Legal Immigrants for Protected Speech, Judge Rules
The court struck down the government’s use of immigration law to threaten lawful noncitizens with deportation for…
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My New USA Today Article On Dangerous Similarities Between "Democratic Socialists" and MAGA Nationalists
Both seek sweeping government control over the economy, thereby imperiling liberty, prosperity, and democracy.
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