I assume that conservatives' spirited defense of free speech in fighting the California law banning the use of gay conversion therapies for minors means that they will provide equally full-throated arguments in favor of other sorts of speech that would expose children to ideas about...
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The reporting of Garrett Epps and Dahlia Lithwick suggests that the lawyers representing Xavier Alvarez -- the habitual liar convicted of violating the Stolen Valor Act -- had trouble coming up with.
This year is the 100th anniversary of the San Diego Free Speech Fight, when I.W.W. speakers were routinely denied their First Amendment rights for speaking in public about workers' rights..
Dahlia Lithwick's piece on the oral arguments on the latest round of the FCC "fleeting expletives" case that the Supreme Court kicked back to the circuit court 3 years ago is excellent. The two most salient points: Based on FCC v. Fox and today's oral...
The NYT has a nuanced article that discusses a new study released by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU. Basically, contra conventional wisdom, the Roberts Court finds in favor of.
Mayor Richie Rich and his faithful dog dollar. (TM) Hey, he definitely has the Althouse vote locked up! Perhaps Mayor Rich will talk about how he likes to take friends.
I have a column up at the Prospect about the decision of the BART transit police to -- in the ignoble tradition of the Alien and Sedition Acts -- cut mobile access to passengers to suppress a protest against...the BART police: On the first point,...
Depressingly, it looks as if Kennedy will vote to strike down the Arizona campaign finance law. Should he vote the way he seemed to be leaning at oral argument, a.
I wonder how Althouse's low-wattage cheering section reconciles her recent discovery that private corporations should be committed to "viewpoint neutrality" with their terror over the consequences of restoring the fairness.
Wisconsin Republicans attack free speech and academic freedom using horribly written statute. ...more from Krugman. And Fallows.
There are plausible theories of free speech, and then there are the theories of the 2008 Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, which center around the idea.
To its substantial credit, in an 8-1 ruling today the Court held that the civil suit against Fred Phelps violated the First Amendment. It's hard to celebrate any victory for.