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27 Nov 2023, 8:45 am by Eugene Volokh
As long as the models for assembly are Congregationalists electing their town's fence viewer or the Boston mob burning the king's effigy around the Liberty Tree, secret meetings will seem superfluous. [read post]
5 Nov 2023, 9:46 am by Eugene Volokh
Angered by the church's plan to host two drag events the following weekend, Penny threw two Molotov cocktails at the church, hoping to burn it to the ground. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 1:46 pm by Eugene Volokh
It will be difficult to argue why it is an unacceptable abridgment of free speech to punish the burning of Qurans if Muslims are punished for burning the Israeli flag, or even protesting against Israeli policies. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 5:42 am by Beatrice Yahia
Security Council to “condemn Israel’s use of white phosphorus…and its deliberate burning of Lebanese woods and forests,” said Foreign Minister Bou Habib. [read post]
29 Oct 2023, 6:54 pm by Eugene Volokh
The story also reports (as do some other stories) that in the nearby city of Nalchik, burning tires were thrown onto the grounds of a Jewish community center, and the words "Death to Jews" (apparently using a Russification of the Arabic word for "Jews") were written on the wall. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 3:42 am by SHG
At VC, Eugene Volokh considers whether there is a connection between the course and the instructor’s conduct such that it can arguably fall within academic freedom. [read post]
7 Sep 2023, 5:17 am by Eugene Volokh
[So says the New Jersey intermediate appellate court, in a case involving a Jewish wife who was claiming her husband refused to give her a "get" (a Jewish religious divorce).] [read post]
30 Aug 2023, 4:45 pm by Eugene Volokh
For instance, you should be able to use deadly force against someone who is trying to burn down your home, since that threatens you with death or serious bodily harm. [read post]
21 Aug 2023, 12:51 pm by Eugene Volokh
No, said Judge Michael Mosman (in an opinion released in July, but not posted on Westlaw), because the statute of limitations isn't tolled through newly discovered legal theories: On December 8, 2010, Petitioner was found guilty except for insanity of one count of Arson in the First Degree, one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, and 18 counts of Reckless Burning. [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 5:37 am by Eugene Volokh
The next day after the Danish government´s promise to explore legal remedies against Quran burnings, the OIC [Organization of Islamic Cooperation] released a strongly worded statement admonishing Denmark and Sweden for failing to immediately criminalize them and pledging to continue to pursue the matter…. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 8:20 am by Eugene Volokh
[including when the requirement is imposed by antidiscrimination laws, for instance when such laws require web site designers who create opposite-sex wedding sites create same-sex wedding sites.] [read post]
18 Jun 2023, 8:26 am by Eugene Volokh
Second, even a law that was limited to burning other people's U.S. flags would be unconstitutionally selective, in violation of R.A.V. v. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 4:47 am by Jack Bogdanski
Allergy season in Portland can't hold a candle to allergy season in Eugene. [read post]
8 Jun 2023, 10:02 am by Eugene Volokh
The same is true for individuals who display burning crosses, swastikas, and other hateful symbols despite knowing that this expressive conduct will arouse "anger, alarm or resentment in others on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or gender. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 12:30 pm by Eugene Volokh
Finally, we wish to thank the many assistant researchers and editors who supported us at various stages on this project, and in particular Sarah Burns, the late-stage editor who consolidated these essays into a single work and whose thousands of small, sharp edits elevated the material in so many ways. [read post]