by Charles Platt I assume you legally qualified guys have seen this quote: “Whether a given category of speech enjoys First Amendment protection depends upon a categorical balancing of the
Sleazy company hires scumbag attorney to file SLAPP suit. Moron judge gives an unconstitutional injunction. Okay, not the entire same old story… because Public Citizen jumped in and did a
Yesterday the Ninth Circuit upheld (mostly) a California District Court opinion certifying a nationwide class action against retail giant Wal-Mart. The classes and sub-classes could encompass as many as 1.5
by Charles Platt I don’t much care for libel laws. If someone seriously defames me, my classical recourse is to engage in a lengthy and expensive court battle which is
By J. DeVoy The District Attorney for Juneau County, Wisconsin, has threatened to bring charges against teachers who inform students of reproductive options other than abstinence. Scott Southworth – whom
by Charles Platt I have no formal legal training, but emigrated from the UK to the US partly because I liked the First Amendment. The wisdom of my decision was
By J. DeVoy In response to new regulations requiring domain name registrants to supply the Chinese government with extensive personal information, including photographs, GoDaddy.com has announced its intention to stop
By J. DeVoy Obviously, people have mixed feelings about this. The National Organization of Women is upset that the final bill doesn’t do enough to ensure women’s right to choose abortion.
For those of you who didn’t notice last week, two judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wiped their asses with the Constitution, presumably because their unethical and spineless
Cass Sunstein, drunk with his little thimbleful of power he got by being given a job in the Obama administration is really letting his statist colors show through. Sunstein takes
If I were president, hands down, this cat would be my first choice if a Supreme Court seat opened up. I don’t agree with him on all issues (far from
By J. DeVoy Today, Germany’s highest court overturned a law mandating the retention of data from e-mails and phone calls, finding it a “grave intrusion” on personal liberties. This is
