Suicides and Public Humiliation: Recalling Some Past Incidents
The tragic apparent suicide of Cambridge Prof. Jason Arday, following what appeared to be at least credible public…
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San Francisco's 'Historic Laundromat' Project Finally Begins Construction
Activists were able to block an apartment project in the city's Mission District by raising an increasingly ridiculous…
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The Trump Administration Promised a Pivot From the Middle East to East Asia. It's Doing the Opposite.
The U.S. military is downsizing exercises in South Korea and pulling its last aircraft carrier out of the Pacific.
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Appeals Court Upholds Right To Film Police—but Grants Immunity to Cops Who Arrested a Connecticut Videographer
The 2nd Circuit is the latest federal circuit court to find a First Amendment right to record the police.
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ABC's First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC
From today's Complaint in ABC, Inc. v. FCC (D.D.C.): Government censorship is deeply un-American. That fundamental…
Read at source →No Preliminary Injunction Against Alleged Defamation of Counselor by Estranged Wife/Ex-Client
From Patterson v. Patterson, decided by Chief Judge Brian Morris (D. Mont.) today: James Patterson ("Plaintiff") filed…
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Disney Sues FCC for 'Retaliatory' Investigation of ABC
"Government censorship is deeply un-American," the lawsuit states, before listing numerous times the government has…
Read at source →"As If These Blunders Were Not Enough," U.S. Attorney Office Management …
"decided to double book the same [prosecutor] for two trials on the same day," writes federal judge in blocking felon…
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Congress Is Trying To Give Trump More Tariff Powers. He Wants Even More.
A bill to sanction Russia would allow the president to place 100 percent tariffs on goods from countries that buy…
Read at source →Ninth Circuit Rejects Trump Administration Acting U.S. Attorney Appointment
A persuasive opinion by Judge Eric Miller curtails the Trump Administration's attempt to color outside the lines.
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Vanishing of Stories Mentioning Congressional Candidate Michael Carbonara, Due to "Bogus Copyright Complaints"
WLRN (Daniel Rivero) reports: A string of bogus copyright infringement claims have been filed to Google over the course…
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Meme After Meme Shows Jayden Daniels Made One of the Dumbest P.R. Fumbles in Sports History
Plus: Why Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are guilty, and why Shohei Ohtani is not
Read at source →New in SCOTUSBlog: "The chief justice should share much of his power"
"All of the justices should take an equal role in guiding the court’s future."
Read at source →Fifth Circuit Rejects Energy Department Direct-to-Final Rule on Home Appliances
While the decision rejects a Biden Administration rule, it could cause trouble for the Trump Administration's efforts…
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A Biological Need To Steal?
Plus: Trump threatens Oman, the cost of Medicare for All, and booze laws in Britain and Boston.
Read at source →The East Wing and Justice Breyer's Concurrence in Van Orden v. Perry
A court-ordered demolition of a White House national security facility, broadcast to the entire world, would be a…
Read at source →New in Civitas: Curtail the Cult of Judicial Celebrity
Another reform without changing the composition or jurisdiction of the Court.
Read at source →Make Congress Legislate Again
There are better ways to encourage more regular lawmaking than abolishing the filibuster.
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"Comma Mischief from the Florida District Court of Appeal"
Blog readers know that I'm interested in legal language, and that includes punctuation (see, e.g., "Punctuation…
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Trump Courts Another Legal Defeat on Birthright Citizenship
Less than two months after losing at SCOTUS, Trump tries again with more misguided executive orders.
Read at source →Today in Supreme Court History: August 18, 1920
8/18/1920: The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 18, 1920 appeared…
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Brickbat: The Big Easy
New Orleans police officer Brandon Coleman faces 350 criminal charges for allegedly claiming more than $111,000 in…
Read at source →Did The ACLU Make A Mistake By Seeking Certiorari in the Texas Ten Commandments Case?
There may have been some wisdom in letting the red states post the document on the wall, but leaving old precedents in…
Read at source →Second Circuit Joins Courts That Recognize First Amendment "Right to Record Law Enforcement Activity in Public"
From today's decision in Massimino v. Benoit, written by Judge Myrna Pérez and joined by Sarah Merriam: We begin by……
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Who Pays for Medicare for All?
Plus: Democrats reckon with the rise of the DSA, Trump scales back America's military presence abroad, and the case for…
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West Virginia Wants To Use Data Centers To Eliminate Its Income Tax
The state's plan to attract large infrastructure projects is full of administrative hurdles and concedes many of the…
Read at source →Trump Administration Announces New "Hacking Back" Program
But does it legalize hacking under the CFAA?
Read at source →How To Teach Trump v. Barbara?
The Barnett/Blackman casebook split up the case into six excerpts that stretch across sixty pages that can be taught in…
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As France Pauses Social Media Ban, American Lawmakers Race To Restrict the Internet
France's top court ruled that a social media ban for under-15s would infringe on free expression and privacy.
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Women Taking GLP-1s See Spike in Marriage and Cohabitation
Maybe “solve” is overstating it. But a recent study linked GLP-1 medications to a greater likelihood of marriage or…
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The Rise of Florida's 'Microschools'
Florida will pay $8,000 to cover tuition for any child who opts out of public school. The program is transforming k-12…
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Open-Weight
Plus: "Blasphemous" talk in Texas, botox everywhere, ink on Mace, and more...
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Why Trump Quietly Carved Out Doctors From His Own Visa Freeze
By lifting the hold on foreign physicians, the Trump administration tacitly admitted its broad immigration restrictions…
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 2, 1923
8/2/1923: President Calvin Coolidge's Inauguration. He would appoint Justice Harlan Fiske Stone to the Supreme Court.…
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