Free Speech
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Courts
Supreme Court Gives Guidance On When Politicians Can Block You On Social Media
Trolling politicians on Facebook just got easier! -
Technology
A TikTok Ban Is A Pointless Political Turd For Democrats
From the election-season-seppuku dept. - Sponsored
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Law Schools
Blaming Law Students For A 'Free Speech Crisis' Is Dangerous
Blaming students is cheap and also usually wrong.
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Courts
Ron DeSantis Trades Getting Butt Kicked By Trump For Getting Butt Kicked By Trump Judges
Just a never-ending cycle of losing! -
Courts
Unfortunately, Clarence Thomas Made A Great Point About Campus Free Speech
My heart is broken. -
Small Law Firms
Lawyer Loses Case Over Mean Tweets
Maybe he could've found another fake case to support his cause. -
Law Schools
ABA's New Law School Free Speech Requirement Just Makes Everything Worse
The ABA's new accreditation requirement doesn't live in a vacuum. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firms Tell Law Schools To 'Pls Hndle Thx' Antisemitism
Law firms could've publicly informed law students where they draw the line. They decided to fire off a superficial letter blaming law school deans instead. - Sponsored
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Courts
Does The Constitution Let Ron DeSantis Block Me On Twitter? Or Mike Johnson? Or...
The list really does go on. -
Government
DeSantis Cares More About Popularity Than The First Amendment
Free speech should not look like kicking Palestinians off campus. -
Courts
Elon Musk Sustains Commitment To Free Speech By Firing Any Employee That Speaks Against Him
Remember when he lost a popularity vote and said he'd stop Tweeting and leave? If only. -
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Technology
Delaware State Police Pay $50,000 To Man Troopers Ticketed For Flipping Them Off
From the no-problem,-the-taxpayers-are-good-for-it dept.
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Courts
Public School Coach Forgot How The First Amendment Works. 6th Circuit Is Happy To Remind Him
Understandable mistake after Bremerton. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.16.23
* Judge Edith Jones writes a letter to the Wall Street Journal blasting the Federal Circuit’s actions to sideline Judge Pauline Newman. [Wall Street Journal]
* Blind Side subject Michael Oher has filed to end the conservatorship of the couple he lived with. Oher alleges that he believed he was being adopted when in reality he handed over substantial financial rights and no one checked for almost two decades. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Black lawyer says he was handcuffed while a judge ordered him to produce documents or settle the case. [ABA Journal]
* Lawsuit claims that state law illegally favors Iowa wineries. In other news, Iowa has wineries. [DMR]
* Class action suits filed against Hawaiian utility companies over fires. [Law.com]
* ABA considering rule requiring law schools to adopt written free speech policies. No way this just turns into a cudgel for powerful interests to squelch protest under the moniker of “free speech.” Yep, no way at all! [Reuters]
* Former FBI agent admits taking cash from sanctioned Russian oligarchs. [Law360]
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Courts
Elon 'Free Speech Absolutist' Musk Threatens To Sue Nonprofit For Pointing Out He Seems To Like Hate Speech
He's about as good at free speech as he is with rockets. -
Courts
Texas' Bookban Is So Bad, Booksellers Say It Violates The Constitution
Weird priorities you've got there, Texas. -
Law Schools
Stanford Law School Trades Dignity And Principle For Trump Judge's Approval
Judge Kyle Duncan threw a tantrum and Stanford Law School sold out its own to please him. -
Courts
If It Looks Like A Bottle: SCOTUS Ruling On A Jack Daniel's Copy-Dog Is In!
In short: VIP is SOL for now. -
Courts
Does The First Amendment Protect The Right To Make Fun Of Trump's 'Alleged' Small Hands?
This is probably what the Founding Fathers envisioned when they thought of free speech protections.