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18 Apr 2016, 1:28 pm by Eugene Volokh
Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen) responds on McCall’s behalf, and I believe the law is on Levy’s side: It is your contention, apparently, that an ordinary and reasonably prudent consumer would tend to be confused about whether it is the Sanders campaign that is promoting Sanders’ candidacy by associating him with the 19th Century theoreticians of the communist movement as well as with three ruthless Communist Party dictators. [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 3:05 am by Walter Olson
Harris, Bloomberg, Washington Post; two views at Volokh Conspiracy from David Post and Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman; earlier on Emoluments Clause litigation] Last year I noted the hotel-competitor fact pattern as the kind of emoluments case most likely to clear the standing hurdle; Excessive fines are unconstitutional, whether levied on persons or on groups of persons [Ilya Shapiro and Matthew Larosiere and Dave Kopel on Cato/Independence Institute brief in Colorado Dept. of… [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 1:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
In any event, this led Paul Alan Levy and me to investigate what seems to be a pattern of such fake-defendant libel takedown orders — at least about two dozen seem to fit that mold, and several of them have been linked to reputation management companies run by one Richart Ruddie (such as Profile Defenders). [read post]
1 Sep 2020, 12:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
Read the whole article, but here's an excerpt: The charges levied against many of these professors are rooted in a fanatical worldview, one devoted to spraying for any utterances possibly interpretable as "supremacist," although the accusers sincerely think they have access to higher wisdom. [read post]
14 Feb 2021, 8:30 am
" with a vote in the senate coming down to the very last vote.Casting: Meryl Streep as Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the Housel; Jim Carrey as Lindsay Graham; Eugene Levy as Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer; Zack Galifianakis as Mitch McConnell; Will Ferrell as Congressman and Impeachment Manager Jaime Raskin; Jennifer Lopez as Melania Trump; Billie Ellish as Tiffany Trump- the disaffected daughter of the President;  Neil Patrick Harris as Jared Kushner;  Iggy Azalea… [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 8:51 am by Eugene Volokh
Minneapolis officials levy $30k special assessment on 80-member church to pay for road resurfacing project. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 9:32 am by Eugene Volokh
But, partly because the Clause has not yet been incorporated against the states, many states and cities are indeed levying excessive fines and forfeitures. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 10:38 am by Garrett Hinck
Eugene Kaspersky said he was willing to do whatever it takes to address the concerns but added that he required an expedited visa to appear in time to testify. [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 9:32 am by Eugene Volokh
This violates the First Amendment and common law rights of access to court records, I think; Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen) has just filed a motion to intervene and unseal in the matter (Shelby Resorts Corp. v. [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 1:02 pm by Eugene Volokh
From Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen (Consumer Law & Policy Blog): The personal and commercial heirs of the deceased photographer Korda, best known for the iconic photograph of Che Guevara that has adorned Tshirts and posters displayed by young admirers for fifty years, have issued a takedown demand to Liberty Maniacs over its sales of parody items that display the photo's cap and hair but replace Guevara's visage with, alternately, Donald… [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 7:56 am by Eugene Volokh
Philadelphia officials levy $33,000-per-day fines on owner of defunct brewery building because it lacks windows and doors. [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 8:50 am by Eugene Volokh
Now I think this helps show that the Janus majority erred in claiming that the agency-fee system is unconstitutional; as the dissent points out, "when a government mandates a speech subsidy from a public employee," that is really just "levying a tax to support collective bargaining," and doesn't violate the First Amendment. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 8:08 am by Eugene Volokh
Some of the more egregious tactics include: (1) physically obstructing outsiders' access to the beach trails; (2) throwing rocks; (3) running people over with surfboards in the water; (4) punching outsiders; (5) stealing outsiders' wallets, wetsuits and surfboards; (6) vandalizing vehicles and personal property, including slashing tires and waxing pejorative slurs onto vehicle windows; (7) levying threats against outsiders; and (8) intimidating outsiders with verbal insults,… [read post]
25 Jun 2023, 10:54 am by Eugene Volokh
[Here's a draft of my article, on the constitutionality of anti-BDS laws and other related matters, forthcoming in a symposium at The University of the Pacific Law Review.] [read post]