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1 Nov 2021, 11:14 am by Eugene Volokh
§ 2000e-2(e), and the EEOC regulations recognize that, Where it is necessary for the purpose of authenticity or genuineness, the Commission will consider sex to be a bona fide occupational qualification, e.g., an actor or actress. 29 C.F.R. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 7:44 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)Since at least 1945 there have been significant efforts to produce global consensus on baseline norms through which states, individuals, and collectives could judge the legitimacy of state actors (and recently other transnational actors). [read post]
18 Jul 2020, 9:40 am by Guest Blogger
For the symposium on Andrew Koppelman, Gay Rights vs Religious Liberty? [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 11:56 am
It went on to discuss one recent Supreme Court case in which the welfare of society at large -- the welfare of the common man -- was trashed by the high Court's screw-the-small-guy-five -- Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy, who were joined, unbelievably enough, by Souter, Breyer and, partly, by Stevens. [read post]
14 Feb 2022, 10:32 am by Eric Goldman
A few observations from reading numerous FOSTA cases: sex trafficking victim cases are horrifying. courts cannot figure out how to interpret FOSTA. due to FOSTA’s ambiguities, judges are turning to judicial activism to favor victims regardless of the law. the doctrinal errors judges are making in FOSTA cases may migrate into standard Section 230 jurisprudence, which would cause significant problems for UGC that Congress thought FOSTA wouldn’t reach. [read post]
11 Feb 2024, 5:00 pm by Guest Author
Similarly, writing last month on Notice & Comment, Cato Institution fellow Thomas Berry argued that “forcing every platform to use identical viewpoint-neutral moderation rules would be a profound infringement on the editorial freedom that has produced a range of social media experiences” and that “[b]eing forced to carry, support, or subsidize speech that one opposes is itself a First Amendment injury. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 1 Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, Postal Service Watchdog Says MSN – Luke Broadwater (New York Times) | Published: 9/1/2020 More than one million mail-in ballots were sent late to voters during the 2020 primary elections, underscoring concerns about whether the agency has the ability to process what is expected to be a major increase in mail-in votes for the presidential election in November. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 3:15 am by Steve Lombardi
“[W]e often infer legislative assent to our precedents from prolonged legislative silence. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 5:40 am by Randy Barnett
(Randy Barnett) Today marks the 160th anniversary of one of Frederick Douglass’s most moving speeches, “What July 4th Means to the Negro. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 12:57 pm by Schachtman
ITERATIVE DISJUNCTIVE SYLLOGISM Basic propositional logic teaches that the disjunctive syllogism (modus tollendo ponens) is a valid argument, in which one of its premises is a disjunction (P v Q), and the other premise is the negation of one of the disjuncts: P v Q ~P­­­_____ ∴ Q See Irving Copi & Carl Cohen Introduction to Logic at 362 (2005). [read post]