Just when you thought that Kansas was the nuttiest fruitcake in the Union, along comes Ohio with its new sex offender registration law. Now, a conviction for pandering obscenity is
Update: I have decided to begin giving occasional “First Amendment Bad Ass” awards to counterbalance the Ass Hat awards. Mr. Nichol is hereby (retroactively) named as the first FABA. AVN
We (okay, I) usually think of the uneducated red states as the anti-freedom bloc. But, the Blue states are doing their part to make sure that Dixie and Utah aren’t
ABA Daily News Reports: A lawyer for disbarred lawyer Lynne Stewart claimed in appellate arguments yesterday that his client’s release of a statement by an imprisoned sheik was protected by
This posting earlier slammed FCC Commissioner Tate for being a petty fascist. FCC Commish Tate — Asshat of the Week Here is the underlying decision. “In the scene in question,
In Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234 (2002), the US Supreme Court struck down a law that banned “virtual” child pornography on the grounds that the government could
The Great Nat Hentoff reviews Freedom for the Thought that We Hate by Anthony Lewis… and tosses out some marvelous inspiration of his own: Once our republic began, James Madison
I was a little flabbergasted by how the law firm that claimed that copyright law prohibits the republication of a cease and desist letter. That issue discussed here: Copyright vs.
Just another day in litigious flori-duh. The Miami Herald reports: Developer Tibor Hollo has filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against a Miami real estate agent who blogged that the
No, I didn’t write that headline, Dr. Klein did. And I didn’t write this either — but I do recommend that you read it!
Fox News Reports Davidson County (Tennessee) Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn ordered a teenager to hold a sign reading, “Respect the police, they are not pigs as I stated on
Earlier Post is updated with links to other sources on the subject and additional analysis.
