Today in Supreme Court History: October 10, 2012
10/10/2012: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin I argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 10, 2012…
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Mamdani's $131.5 Million DoorDash Settlement Is Not What He Says It Is
The mayor characterized it as a victory against corporate greed. Meanwhile, 65 percent of affected drivers were…
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The Great British Exodus: Taxes, Housing Costs, and Terrible Healthcare Are Driving Young Brits Away
More than 1.2 million British nationals have left the United Kingdom since 2021.
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Statement About Maine Lobster Industry as a Whole Can't Be Actionable Group Defamation
From today's First Circuit decision today in Bean Maine Lobster, Inc. v. Monterey Bay Aquarium Found., written by Judge…
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Kafka's The Trial "Was Not Supposed to Be an Instruction Manual"
In a Fifth Circuit case (which the court just declined to rehear en banc), a woman had faced potential prosecution for…
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I Am Now "THE ENEMY!" (as Is Everyone Who Uses the Term "Artificial Intelligence")
What is this even supposed to mean? Is it just self-parody? The post I Am Now "THE ENEMY!" (as Is Everyone Who Uses the…
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Don't Blame AI Labs for What Hackers Do With Their Tools
AI executives are planning for a public revolt after a major attack. A federal power grab is the wrong response.
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Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable?
Emily Eisner and Kenny Burgos debate Zohran Mamdani's housing policies.
Read at source →Is Hair on Your Head "Personal Property" for Purposes of Robbery Law?
From the Sept. 30 decision in People v. Barraza by California Court of Appeal Justice Richard Huffman, joined by…
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Anthropic Is Banning 'Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude. Chatbots Are Still Not Your Friends.
The AI company's decision might be a justifiable idea. But it appears it was made for the wrong reason.
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Despite a Notable Victory in Oklahoma, Legal Challenges to Flock Cameras Still Face Long Odds
State and federal courts have almost uniformly ruled that searches of ALPR databases do not implicate the Fourth…
Read at source →3 Congressmen Want to Strip Democratic Socialists of America of Legal "Rights, Privileges, and Immunities"
Reps. Clay Fuller, Diana Harshbarger, and Keith Self are cosponsors of H.R. 10501, introduced three weeks ago: The…
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The Federal Government Just Posted the Largest Annual Budget Deficit Since COVID
Tax revenue increased by about 3 percent last year, but spending increased twice as fast. And interest payments on the…
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The NIH Plan To Strengthen 'Replication and Reproducibility' Will Not Check Anything
The world’s largest research funder asked its grantees whether it should audit them. Guess what they said.
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Treasury Backs Down on Biden-Era Cryptocurrency Surveillance Proposal
It’s a small victory for financial privacy against escalating surveillance.
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Let Charter Schools Be as Flexible as Microschools
Universal education savings accounts are giving families unprecedented choice in education. Now let's give charters a…
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Livestreaming an Execution
Plus: Tariffs and Michigan, LGBT teens, Stewart Brand fanfare, and more...
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Trump's 'Free Speech Agenda: Siccing the FBI on Critics, Barring Reporters, and Threatening Broadcasters
GOP's new mantra: "Free speech for me, but not for thee."
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The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less
U.S. voters continue to be motivated more by whom they loathe than whom they like.
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Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954
10/9/1954: Justice Robert H. Jackson dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954 appeared first on…
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Review: These Talking Dogs Give Children the Wrong Idea About Government
Shmoo & Ozzie Go to Washington is supposed to be about bipartisanship, but it's really about wasteful spending.
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Review: Magic Lantern Shows Were Cinema Before Movies
Some lanternists believed that film was a fad their medium would easily survive.
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Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places
Indiana State Police arrested Hancock County sheriff's deputy James Heneghan and charged him with 220 counts each of…
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The NFL Chooses States, Not the CFTC, in Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation
The league's amicus brief warns about game integrity and underage betting, but the NFL has a financial stake in keeping…
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J.D. Vance Accidentally Comes Out as a Socialist
At a press conference, the vice president offered a strange new definition of the word. But his full remarks revealed a…
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Russian Plague, Superintelligence, and Tucker Carlson
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi weigh in on the Russian plague, whether superintelligence is sentient, and Tucker…
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I'm Italian American, but I Don't Celebrate Columbus Day
The holiday brings out many of the worst excesses of identity politics.
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D.C. Wants To Protect Ride-Share Jobs. Riders Could Pay the Price.
Unions rallied against a D.C. robotaxi bill that already favors them. Riders would pay for their win in higher fares…
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Kimberly Guilfoyle's Grift Is at Least as Offensive as Hunter Biden's
The ex-girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. asked a Republican fundraiser to pay off her credit card debt.
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The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley
An influx of military spending has been moving tech companies away from serving consumers and back toward chasing…
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North Carolina Woman Doesn't Have First Amendment Right to Publish Video of Cop Shooting Her Dogs, Court Rules
A North Carolina state trooper shot Lydia Nikac's two dogs, but an appeals court ruled she doesn't have a right to…
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A Missouri School District Censored a Parent's Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was 'Upsetting'
Annie Palmer was banned from the district's Facebook page for expressing her displeasure at the hiring of a new…
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Disparate Treatment of Anti-Israel Protestors?
A report from Amnesty International and the ACLU argues that if universities allowed misbehavior in the past, they must…
Read at source →Outlaw vs. In-Law Outlaw
From Outlaw v. Outlaw, decided in 2019 by Judge Katharine von Ter Stegge (Ore. Cir. Ct.) but just posted on Westlaw;……
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New York Is Fining Amish Schools Over Vaccines, So the Amish Are Asking the Supreme Court for Help
After $118,000 in fines for allowing unvaccinated students to attend Amish schools, the plaintiffs are pursuing a case…
Read at source →Problems with the New US Civil Rights Commission Report on Antisemitism, Part III
Part I and Part II. Perhaps the most wrongheaded analysis in the Report is this: Because the government may not… The…
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