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8 Feb 2023, 9:34 am by Eugene Volokh
" The same sort of reasoning explains why a State may outlaw cross burning (and only cross burning) done with the intent to intimidate: "because burning a cross is a particularly virulent form of intimidation. [read post]
23 Jan 2023, 6:03 am by Eugene Volokh
It would have been unwise to fight central gas heating on the theory that it might eventually lead to bans on burning wood in fireplaces, or to fight the automobile on the theory that it might lead to limits on where one can ride one's horse or horse-drawn carriage. [read post]
15 Jan 2023, 8:45 am by Eugene Volokh
In 2022, the Nigerian student Deborah Samuel was lynched and burned on campus by a mob of extremist students for online postings deemed blasphemous to Muhammad. [read post]
5 Jan 2023, 5:23 pm by Eugene Volokh
Burns (1976), in which the three-justice plurality held that employees in "policymaking positions" may be dismissed for engaging in activities protected by the First Amendment so that "policies which the electorate has sanctioned are effectively implemented. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 3:26 pm by Eugene Volokh
I reaffirm the viewpoint I stated when another case involving hate speech in schools came before this court: "Hate speech, whether in the form of a burning cross, or in the form of a call for genocide, or in the form of a tee shirt misusing biblical text to hold gay students to scorn, need not under Supreme Court decisions be given the full protection of the First Amendment in the context of the school environment, where administrators have a duty to protect students from physical or… [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 3:08 pm by Eugene Volokh
One post included what appears to be a historical photograph of a lynched man still hanging from a tree; another depicts a Klan member in a white hood; and a third combines the caption "Ku klux starter pack" with pictures of a noose, a white hood, a burning torch, and a Black doll. [read post]
17 Dec 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
Life insurers do not make payouts when a person commits suicide for the same reason that home insurers do not pay an arsonist who burns down her own house. [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 6:05 am by Eugene Volokh
I express no opinion on the merits, but the passage seemed to be worth passing along; its authors are noted lawyers Marc Randazza, David Gingras, and John Burns. [read post]
28 Oct 2022, 2:46 pm by Greg Lambert
His suit comes crashing down when his apparently jet pack around his feet fails and he crashes and has third degree burns around his legs and of course is wanting to to sue for damages. [read post]
20 Oct 2022, 11:07 am by Jonathan Bailey
  Understanding the Plagiarism According to an article by Eugene Volokh at the The Volokh Conspiracy, the case deals with a flag burning at a protest in Pennsylvania. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 9:42 am by Eugene Volokh
The underlying lawsuit involved flag-burning, of all things (see here), but this opinion stemmed from the filing of a motion in limine seeking to exclude a code enforcement officer's (Officer Gore's) testimony as to certain matters. [read post]
5 Sep 2022, 5:15 am by jonathanturley
  Blacklisting by studios and firms was common in the 1950s when communists and other political dissenters were being attacked by figures like Eugene McCarthy. [read post]
3 Sep 2022, 8:51 am by Eugene Volokh
Paul (1992), the Court declared unconstitutional a criminal ordinance that prohibited the display of burning crosses, Nazi swastikas, and other symbols that the perpetrator had reasonable grounds to know would arouse "anger, alarm or resentment in others on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or gender. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 4:22 am by SHG
Doe appealed, and Eugene Volokh appeared as amicus to argue against pseudonymous treatment. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 6:17 am by Eugene Volokh
A recent act of hateful vandalism at the future PRYDE senior housing facility in Hyde Park threatened burning and death against the LGBTQ+ community. [read post]
6 Jul 2022, 2:25 pm by Eugene Volokh
{Terrell attached electronic communications from the third parties in which he was called "a piece of shit" and advised to "run and hide" and "burn in hell. [read post]
5 Jul 2022, 5:32 am by Eugene Volokh
Congratulations to Kelli Sager, Dan Laidman, and Sarah Burns of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on their victory. [read post]