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Gen. Michael Flynn's Brother v. CNN "False Light" Lawsuit Dismissed

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 5:26 PM From today's decision by Judge Arun Subramanian (S.D.N.Y.) in Flynn...

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John McWhorter on the Columbia Protests

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 4:52 PM An excerpt from his column in yesterday's N.Y. Times: Last Thursday,...

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Private, Shmivate: Sit-ins, Campouts, and True Threats Are Constitutionally Unprotected at Universities, Whether Private or Public

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 3:28 PM The Wall Street Journal had an editorial this morning called "Defining...

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No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit Challenging N.Y.'s Involuntary Commitment System as It Affects Gun Rights

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 2:23 PM In P.D. v. Sullivan (S.D.N.Y.), plaintiff alleges: New York State...

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Northwestern Dean of Students' Presence at Anti-Israel Protest

Eugene Volokh | 4.23.2024 11:12 AM I've seen some items online asserting that the Northwestern Dean of Students "joins anti-Israel...

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"Despite Police Pushback, Biden Presses On With Visit To Syracuse After Two Cops Were Just Slain"

Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 7:16 PM From the Daily Caller: Biden is set to travel to the city on Thursday to promote the CHIPS and...

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Brief Challenging Texas Restriction on "Sexual Gesticulations Using Accessories or Prosthetics That Exaggerate … Sexual Characteristics"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 2:16 PM I was delighted to sign on to this amicus brief supporting the...

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For Those Who Want a More Musical Volokh

Politics Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 10:08 AM Volokh, apparently from the place name Wallachia (Romania), is a klezmer (East European Jewish) musical...

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The Bail Project Isn't Liable for Crimes by People It Bailed Out

Politics Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 8:01 AM From Troutt v. The Bail Project, Inc. , decided Friday by the Kentucky...

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District Court Unseals Sentencing Memorandum in Case Involving Detroit's "Topless Prophet"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 8:49 AM From Judge Linda Parker's opinion Thursday in U.S. v. Markovitz (E.D....

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Monday Open Thread

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Pennsylvania Court Lets Suit Over Removal of Columbus Statue Go Forward

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.20.2024 11:18 AM Italian Sons & Daughters of America v. City of Pittsburgh , decided...

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"Last Week, a … [UC Berkeley] Professor Confronted a Muslim Student During a Dinner for Graduating Law Students"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.20.2024 11:42 AM Here are the closing paragraphs of yesterday's NBC News article,...

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"White Supremacist Leader Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Make Death Threats Against Brooklyn Journalist"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.20.2024 8:01 AM The Justice Department reported yesterday: Earlier today, at the...

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Lawsuit Alleging School District Wouldn't Inform Certain Parents About Their Children's "Sign[s] of an LGBTQ+ Identity" Dismissed for Lack of Standing

Parental Rights Eugene Volokh | 4.19.2024 1:47 PM From today's opinion by Judge Michael Watson (S.D. Ohio) in ...

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Seattle Improperly Imposed a "Heckler's Veto" on Street Preacher at "an Abortion Rally and an LGBTQ Pride Event"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.19.2024 8:01 AM From yesterday's decision in Meinecke v. City of Seattle , written by...

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N.Y. Bill Would Require Users to Swear They Won't Use Generative AI to Produce "Offensive, Harassing, Violent, [or] Discriminatory" Speech

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Letter from Stanford President and Provost to Incoming Stanford Students

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.18.2024 11:02 AM Dear XXX, Congratulations on earning a place in Stanford University's...

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Thursday Open Thread

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"USC Canceling Valedictorian's Commencement Speech Looks Like Calculated Censorship"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.17.2024 6:44 PM The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Alex Morey)...

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High School Student Allegedly Suspended for Saying "Illegal Alien" in Class Discussion

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.17.2024 2:56 PM The New York Post (Yaron Steinbuch) reports: A 16-year-old North...

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Court Reaffirms Commentators' Standing to Intervene to Unseal Court Records

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.17.2024 2:35 PM From last week's decision by Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal in N.D....

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N.C. Court Holds Selective COVID Shutdown May Have Violated State Constitution's "Fruits of Labor" Clause

Economic Liberty Eugene Volokh | 4.17.2024 11:59 AM From N.C. Bar & Tavern Ass'n v. Cooper , decided yesterday by...

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Center for Individual Rights Looking for Individual Rights Litigator

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 10:57 PM I've long followed and much admired CIR's work; Rosenberger v. Rector...

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"Trump Didn't Violate Logan Act with Reshare of Old Iran Social Media Post, Experts Say"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 7:27 PM PolitiFact (Jeff Cercone) has the story; I am one of the experts. An...

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"World's First Beauty Pageant for AI Women Is Announced"

Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 2:21 PM Daily Mail (William Hunter) reports on the "Fanvue Miss AI pageant"; "ladies face off in tests...

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Can the Government Say: If You Want to Sell Us These Products, You Must Answer Our Questions About Them?

Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 4:00 PM From today's dissent from denial of rehearing en banc in Book People, Inc. v. Wong , written by...

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Congratulations to Sam Bray, Whose National Injunction Article Was Cited Three Times by Justices Today

Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 4:09 PM That happened in yesterday's opinions respecting the stay in Labrador v. Poe , twice in Justice...

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Court Reverses Harassment Conviction for Vulgar Calls to City About Water Shutoff

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 1:51 PM From yesterday's Ohio Court of Appeals decision in State v. Golga ...

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No Sealing of Allegedly Defamatory Statements in Libel Lawsuit

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 8:01 AM From Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart's opinion Friday in Morrison v....

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Conviction for Recording Own Phone Conversation with Deputy Sheriff Overturned

Politics Eugene Volokh | 4.16.2024 8:26 AM From the Florida Court of Appeal decision Friday in Waite v. State ,...

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Defendant in Federal Case Alleging Long-Ago Sexual Assault of Minor Can't Get Materials Sealed …

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.15.2024 8:49 PM An interesting decision today by Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle in ...

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Monday Open Thread

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"Pro-Palestine Protester Charged for Threatening to 'Murder' Bakersfield Lawmakers"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.13.2024 3:38 PM From Bakersfield Now (Jackson Walker): Officers escorted Riddhi Patel,...

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"Former Cornell Student Pleads Guilty to Posting Online Threats Against Jewish Students on Campus"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.12.2024 11:30 AM From the Justice Department Wednesday: Patrick Dai, 21,...

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Students Don't Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations,

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.11.2024 7:05 PM A couple of people, both of whom I respect a great deal, asked me for...

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Private Landowner in Mississippi Beats State Based on Interpretation of "1784 Spanish Land Grant"

Eugene Volokh | 4.11.2024 2:11 PM From last week's Mississippi Supreme Court decision in State v. Aldrich (opinion by Justice...

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"A Tale Of Two Protests: UVA v. Berkeley Law"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.11.2024 12:25 PM David Lat's latest item in his Original Jurisdiction newsletter; I...

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Journal of Free Speech Law: "'Falsely Shouting Fire,'" by Profs. Genevieve Lakier & Evelyn Douek

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.11.2024 11:38 AM The article is here; the Introduction: Over one hundred years ago,...

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Jameel Jaffer (Knight Institute) and Me on "Campus Speech in the Shadow of the War"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.11.2024 11:52 AM I much enjoyed being on this podcast; if you'd like to listen it, you can find it here:

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Thursday Open Thread

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Indiana Court Rejects Claim That Driver's Licenses Must Include Third Gender Option

Equal Protection Eugene Volokh | 4.10.2024 8:33 PM From Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Simmons , decided...

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From Prof. Adam Candeub on the Texas Social Media Law

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.10.2024 8:01 AM I'm glad to be able to pass along this item from Prof. Candeub (who...

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Louis Farrakhan Loses Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.9.2024 8:01 AM From Friday's decision by Judge Denise Cote (S.D.N.Y.) in Farrakhan v....

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Pennsylvania Trial Court Rejects Pseudonymity in Defamation Suit Over Sexual Assault Allegations

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.9.2024 8:23 AM Allegheny County Judge Chelsa Wagner's decision last week in Doe v....

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Free Speech Unmuted: AI and Free Speech

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No Pseudonymity for Porn Copyright Infringement Defendants, Says One Judge

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.8.2024 12:34 PM From Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Pascal's decision last month in ...

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Former School Superintendent's Defamation Lawsuit Against TV Station Can Go Forward

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.8.2024 11:35 AM From Judge Robert Payne's opinion Friday in Sroufe v. [Scripps] Media...

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Monday Open Thread

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Florida Appellate Court Disqualifies Judge in Gender-Tradition Child Removal Case

Parental Rights Eugene Volokh | 4.6.2024 3:32 PM From Wednesday's opinion in H.S. v. Dep't of Children & Families ,...

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