Free Speech
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Law Schools
'Legal Experts' Need To Stop Deliberately Misleading People About The First Amendment
The rampant misuse of 'heckler's veto' needs to stop. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.23.22
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* People are salty that Ketanji Brown Jackson thinks Roe v. Wade is settled law. In other news, Marshall v. Madison is back on the chopping block. [The Guardian]* Go, cousin! Black folks have been overwhelmingly supportive of KBJ — go figure. [The Cut]
* Some of you may die: Tennessee reins in the effectiveness of federal vaccine mandates. [JD Supra]
* Doesn’t work in theory: The folks trying their damndest to make something stick may ask KBJ her thoughts on the Yale “Free Speech” debacle. I wonder if she’ll pull an ACB and refuse to speak on hypotheticals? [New York Post]
* “In bird culture, this is considered a dick move”: a member of Teddy Cruz’s cohort gives him a little shame for how he went about yesterday’s confirmation hearing. [SF Gate]
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Law Schools
Some Don't Like Free Speech Turned To The Max
Could you keep your liberty down? I'm trying to hate the Blacks and Gays over here, thanks.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.03.22
* Share the road, or else! Jersey law is a win for cyclists and pedestrians. [North Jersey]
* Rhode Island’s Supreme Court just overturned a law that considered those serving lifetime sentences civilly dead. [AP]
* Allow me to shamelessly advertise: Elie Mystal’s new book just dropped — buy it to impress your friends and lovers. May have to settle for the audiobook for a bit though. [Above the Law]
* Put your money where your school is: Florida mayor commits $5M to soon-to-be law school. [ABA Journal]
* Stop cutting me off! Churches are recharacterizing their charitable efforts as free speech to work around governments preventing them from helping the homeless. [Vice]
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Technology
Clearview AI Is Basically Making The Dark Knight Database Thing And It's Legal
Privacy and intimacy as we know it will be a memory. -
Constitutional Law
Neil Young/Joe Rogan Discourse Proof That Fascists Are Killing 'Free Speech'
People are getting this backward. -
Government
Republicans Think Companies Can Say What They Like, As Long As They Like It
It's almost as if they're trying to use the media to push their agenda or something. -
Law Schools
Yale Law School Is A Microcosm Of A Failing Democracy
For a law school that's more about philosophy than law, they'd do well to brush up on Karl Popper. - Sponsored
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Law Schools
Yale Law School Trap House Incident Not A Free Speech Thing No Matter How Hard Folks Try
The case is a lot of things, but a First Amendment issue isn't one of them. -
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Government
Cancel Culture Is Real. And It's White.
It sure would be a bad PR move for the Liberty and Public Discussion™ group to miss this opportunity. -
Courts
'Why Can't ACLU Get Back To Protecting Nazis?' Whine Twitter Trolls
ACLU stands against state actors infringing civil liberties... which shocks people who think no one should have civil liberties but them. -
Law Schools
Shut Up And Stop Heckle Vetoing Me, Law School Prof Yells At Clouds
Botching the Constitution for fun and profit!
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Government
O'Reilly Accuser Booted From 'The View' After Court Issues Restraining Order
Prior restraint, FTW. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.12.21
* Snitches get standing: New Texas law lets private citizens sue anyone aiding an abortion. [NY Times]
* Burning is one thing, but a boot!? Woman charged with hate crime for smirking after stomping a Back the Blue flag. [Salt Lake Tribune]
* Tesla panels storing solar energy and, err, mold? Civ Pro and Energy Law bros should love this. [Business Insider]
* Is…uhh..Congress defunding their police? [CBS News]
* Woman who ran over a protestor beats assault charge. [Insider]
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Small Law Firms
The First Amendment: Bonkers Or A Blessing?
An overview for anyone, including royalty, who may not fully understand the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Courts
Clarence Thomas Snapchatting 'F*** The First Amendment' To All His Friends
Cheerleader wins case against school for off-campus speech. Thomas files lonely dissent. -
Technology
Joe Biden Yells A Dumb Anti-Free Speech Trope In An Uncrowded Congress
Remember that precedent that never existed and isn't good law anyway? -
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Constitutional Law
‘Cancel Culture’ Was Always A Term Without Meaning
It is difficult, if not impossible, to find greater hypocrisy on any issue than the kind exhibited by cancel culture alarmists.