Court Declines to Enter TRO Ordering Defendants to "Retract … Complaints … to Amazon"
From Judge Kari Dooley's decision earlier this month in Ligeri v. Tischer (D. Conn.) (a lawsuit over sales of "moleskin, nutritional
Tag : Free Speech
Understanding the Scope of Rumsfeld v. FAIR
In Rumsfeld v. FAIR (2006), the Court unanimously held that universities could be required to host military recruiters, even when the universities
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Mainstream Political Argument Forbidden "in the Modern Public Square" of Facebook
So reports Fox News (Kyle Morris); it's of course possible that there's some error in the reporting, but the screenshot (borrowed from a New York
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How Elon Musk Can Solve His Pseudonym Dilemma
Peter Jacobsenfee.org Peter Jacobsen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ottawa University and the Gwartney Professor of Economic Education and
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Is Netflix Just the First to Crack?
In a key scene in Citizen Kane, an outraged financial adviser warns Kane that his recently-purchased newspaper lost a million dollars in the last
Court Upholds Denial of Restraining Order for "Online Rants That [We]re False" About Petitioner
From Griffin v. Stowe, decided yesterday by the California Court of Appeal (Presiding Justice Manuel Ramirez, joined by Justices Marsha Slough and
Richmond's Limits on Ads on City Buses Struck Down as Unreasonably Vague
From White Coat Waste Project v. Greater Richmond Transit Co., decided today (quite correctly, I think) by the Fourth Circuit (Judge Julius
No, Twitter Doesn’t Want To ‘Censor’ Anyone, It Just Wants Everyone To Stop Attacking Each Other
Last month I wrote about how, contrary to the weird narrative, Twitter has actually been among the most aggressive companies fighting for free speech
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Meet the Misinforming Conspiracy Theorist Behind Twitter’s ‘Crisis Misinformation Policy’
Absurd and absurder. It would be funny, if it weren’t so lethal. File this under: Disinformation Killed the Disinformation Board, Says Its Former
Break a Leg in the Salt Mines: Federalist Publisher's Tweet About Unionization Was Joke, not Threat
From today's Third Circuit decision in Fdrlst Media, LLC v. NLRB, by Judge Thomas Hardiman, joined by Judge Anthony Scirica: The Employer [FDRLST]
If You Think Free Speech Is Defined By Your Ability To Be An Asshole Without Consequence, You Don’t Understand Free Speech (But You Remain An Asshole)
One of the more frustrating things about the various “debates” regarding “free speech” lately, is how little they are actually about free
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Like Heads of the Hydra, Two DC Insiders Are Hired to Replace Biden's 'Minister of Truth'
She’s multiplying. Yes, the loathed Nina Jankowicz is gone from the Department of Homeland Security’s so-called “Ministry of Truth,” but the
U.S. Senate Candidate Alan Grayson Loses Libel Lawsuit
From Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., decided today by Judge Paul Byron (M.D. Fla.): This [libel] case arises from the August 28, 2018, Democratic Party
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RIGHT ON CUE: Liberal Media Launches Smear Campaign Against Elon Musk
The post RIGHT ON CUE: Liberal Media Launches Smear Campaign Against Elon Musk appeared first on American Lookout. Elon Musk is trying to buy
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Republicans Defend Texas Social Media Law—and Compelled Speech
A blatantly unconstitutional Texas social media law can start being enforced unless the Supreme Court steps in. The law was blocked by a U.S.