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In the wake of the Michael Brown verdict and the Ferguson uprising, a number of “elite” law schools decided that their students could get a deferral on exams if they were “emotionally” unable to proceed. (source) This reinforces the impression that the so-called elite law schools are simply places where students are pre-selected and then coddled. As a graduate of

Would you believe that the FBI conducted a two year investigation into whether someone should go to jail for “Louie Louie.”? Yeah, the song. A threat to national security and order! The FBI documents are here. Can you imagine what kind of blueballed hall monitor dipshit fuckhead decided that there should be an FBI investigation at all much less one

In 2014 Goddard College selected Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther, as a commencement speaker. He gave the speech via recorded playback, since he was in jail (and remains there today). In 1982, Jamal was convicted of the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Some say that his trial was unfair, tainted by racism and a lack of impartiality.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m just gonna leave these right here for any of the people out there who have felt the victimizing thwack of Roca Labs’ censorious sting. You see, Roca Labs is very very very upset if you say anything bad about them. So upset that they file legal claims and bar complaints to try and shut you up

“We defend free speech above its contents” – PEN America in deciding to honor Charlie Hebdo. (source) Meanwhile a university canceled a Charlie Hebdo appearance for “security” reasons. (source) “If PEN as a free speech organization can’t defend and celebrate people who have been murdered for drawing pictures, then frankly the organization is not worth the name,” – Salaman Rushdie

In Nevada, Senate Bill 444 stands to repeal all the effectiveness of the Nevada Anti-SLAPP Law. If you’ve read this blog at all in the past two weeks, you know that I have been a small part of the chorus of voices that rose up against this ignoble and unethical bill. Last Friday, I testified at the Assembly Judiciary Committee

In 2013, Nevada passed the best Anti-SLAPP law in the country. Under this law, NRS 41.660-670, when someone files a lawsuit designed to stifle First Amendment protected expression, that lawsuit gets thrown out quickly, and that lawsuit comes with a price tag for the censorious plaintiff. The law strikes a good balance too – it still allows for valid lawsuits

The Las Vegas Review Journal points out that the polls are showing that Nevadans oppose Senate Bill 444 by more than 100 to 1. See Will Assembly serve the elite or the masses?

My latest CNN Column is a bit of a sneak peek of the upcoming publication of my thesis in the Nevada Law Journal.

Senate Bill 444 cuts the guts out of the Nevada Anti-SLAPP law. Don’t just take my word for it: The Las Vegas Review-Journal is against Senate Bill 444. The Sparks Tribune is against it. TechDirt has an opinion, guess what it is. PopeHat has an opinion too. The Elko Daily? Nope, no support for Senate Bill 444 there either. This

Senate Bill 444 was a sneak attack on free speech in Nevada. It wasn’t announced in advance, like most legislation. To the extent anyone would have seen it, it got put on the agenda under the innocuous name “Revises provisions governing civil actions.” But, what it really does is cut the guts out of the Nevada Anti-SLAPP law. Don’t just

The Elko Daily has chimed in on Senate Bill 444. (here) It should come as little surprise that they’re against it too. So far, we have liberals and conservatives, both aligned on the common ground that Senate Bill 444 is terrible for Nevada. How often does that happen in America nowadays? I hope, I really hope, that it continues. Senate

Senate Bill 444, the sneaky attempt to gut Nevada’s Anti-SLAPP act, does not seem to have too many friends (just one, last I counted). Thomas Mitchell at The Sparks Tribune provides us with an eloquent explanation of why the bill should go down in flames.

Conservatives (not all of them) loved it when we got tough on “crime.” No knock warrants, militarized police, doors bashed down, homes invaded, it all worked to keep a little Reagan-inspired law and order. Now a conservative activist finds herself on the ass end of this normalized police abuse. Welcome to the party. You see, Republicans? This is why you

Legal academia largely rejects the notion that professors should have practice experience. Yeah, its the only profession in the world where you teach people to do something, and it is a disadvantage to have actually done the job you’re training people to do. Sorta like if you had a motorcycle mechanic’s school, but you only wanted instructors who could tell

Well, it looks like we know who pushed to kill Nevada’s Anti-SLAPP statute. Video here. And why? Because he got the Pwned while representing Steve Wynn in California. Here’s the loss.

It looks like a bill is working its way through the Florida legislature that could turn it’s terrible Anti-SLAPP law into one that is of the “not so bad” variety. Florida House bill 1041 and its Senate companion, Senate bill 1312, take Florida Statute § 768.295 from “completely useless” to “hopeful.” Currently, Fla. Stat. § 768.295 is super anemic. It

I don’t know Jose Arcaya. I only know about him. I know that he is apparently a psychotherapist and a lawyer. I know that someone wrote a bad Yelp! review about him. I hired Arcaya to help with a case. I asked him at the outset if he had handled these matters before and he said yes. The ensuing performance

After reading this, if you are against SB 444, come back and click here: Choose SB 444, and voice your displeasure to this anti-freedom and anti-business bill. Anti-SLAPP statutes are there so that free expression doesn’t come along with a side helping of bankruptcy, if your speech offends the wrong person. They don’t protect you from liability for real defamation,