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Brickbat: Mark It Down
A police officer in Illinois has been accused of aggravated battery, and misconduct after attacking a student at West Proviso High school Hillside. The attack […]
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Ten pounds of cyberlaw in a five pound sack
Last week saw the end of all cyberlawsuits which were not filed or resolved over Thanksgiving. We are still working on it. However, before I […]
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What Did Governor Hochul Say About Religion!?
The Supreme Court today denied an urgent application for injunctive relief. Dr. A. v. Hochul. New York’s mandate to provide vaccines for health workers was challenged […]
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“Dating an Actress … Would Not Cause ‘Public Hatred,’ ‘Shame,’ [or] ‘Ridicule'”
Libel law requires more than just a showing of false factual allegations about the plaintiff (plus, generally, knowledge/reckless/sometimes negligence as to the falsehood). The allegations […]
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The Very First Empirical Study of Novelty Claims in Law Review Articles
Paul Horwitz posted a blog post at Prawfs about novelty claims in law reviews. The claim by an author that their article has the most […]
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No More Mask Mandates Because ‘the Emergency Is Over’
It’s over, says Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. Colorado Public Radio’s Democratic governor, John Polis stated in a long interview that the COVID-19 epidemic has now […]
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Why Aren’t Journalists Howling About the Assange Prosecution?
On this Monday’s Cause Roundtable, Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie dive into inflation, civil asset forfeiture, and the extradition of Julian Assange. […]
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As Other Big Cities Tighten Mask and Vaccine Mandates, D.C. Becomes a Surprising Island of Relative Sanity
America’s Democratic mayors and governors have tightened their pandemic regulations once more in response to the new Omicron variant. New Yorkers across the state will […]
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A Judge Has Ordered Him Released From Prison—Twice. The Government Still Won’t Set Him Free.
Bobby Sneed’s 75th birthday will be celebrated in two places. One is the Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola), or another nearby prison. Since […]
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Taking a Page From the Texas Abortion Ban, California’s Governor Threatens To Attack Gun Rights With Private Lawsuits
Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned politicians about copying the novel law’s enforcement mechanism in order to “target locally disfavored right,” which includes “gun rights”, when the […]