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8 Apr 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Hasen, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics-and How to Cure It (Yale University Press, 2022).Eugene VolokhRick Hasen’s book identifies a tremendously serious problem; and it offers only modest solutions. [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 7:48 am by Alan Z. Rozenshtein
Moreover, the unfortunate broader history of sedition prosecutions—from the Alien and Sedition Acts of the Adams administration to the use of the seditious conspiracy statutes to punish objectors to World War I, including socialist leader Eugene Debs—undermines the normative force of calling something sedition. [read post]
5 Apr 2022, 12:18 pm by Eugene Volokh
On a Constitution Center podcast: Last week, the Supreme Court handed down two nearly unanimous decisions in cases involving the First Amendment. [read post]
2 Apr 2022, 6:53 pm
 “I commend the hard work and expertise of the Commission’s staff in monitoring and reporting on trends in China, from the horrific genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, to the repression in Tibet and eradication of democracy in Hong Kong, to the authoritarian clamp down on space for civil society, labor advocates, women’s rights activists and LGBTQ voices. [read post]
1 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
FEC Fines DNC, Clinton for Violating Rules in Funding Steele Dossier MSN – Eugene Scott (Washington Post) | Published: 3/30/2022 The FEC fined the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for violating rules with the funding of the dossier at the center of accusations of collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. [read post]
31 Mar 2022, 2:50 pm by Eugene Volokh
(handed down by Justices Ariane Vuono, Sookyoung Shin, and Sabita Singh): In the spring of 2021, the defendant and her husband sought legal advice from the plaintiff, an attorney. [read post]
31 Mar 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
We're in a time where we're considering—or actually tearing down statutes [sic] of people who have had … awful records of race from hundreds of years ago. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 10:40 am by Jennifer González
She is a seasoned writer who enjoys breaking down complex material into bite-sized snippets that are easy to comprehend and can be enjoyed by a diverse audience. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 8:17 am by Eugene Volokh
The protesters disrupted not just the FedSoc talk, "a university event," but also the "regular operations" of YLS, including multiple classes and a faculty meeting (which actually was "shut down," since it had to be moved to Zoom). [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 4:00 am by SHG
Another mechanism that’s been employed with some regularity, and which Eugene has challenged, is proceeding pseudonymously. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 2:43 pm by Eugene Volokh
The post Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Down Electronic Harassment Ban appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 12:50 pm by Eugene Volokh
Had the protestors shut down the event, our course of action would have been straightforward—the offending students without question would have been subject to discipline. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 12:42 pm by Eugene Volokh
But I suspect that there was a bit of a tacit deal involved there, and if I'm right, then some violations of the deal could lead the whole deal to break down. [read post]
25 Mar 2022, 10:18 am by Eugene Volokh
Such a heckler's veto doesn't itself violate the First Amendment, because it involves solely nongovernmental action (e.g., shouting down a speaker). [read post]
25 Mar 2022, 9:11 am by Eugene Volokh
If such a "heckler's veto" is allowed, the only speech that occurs will be that which no one cares enough about to shout down. [read post]