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What I Saw at the University of Virginia's Protest Crackdown
6 May 2024 @ 8:21 pm
The college had a legal right to break up the pro-Palestine encampment. But does that mean it should?
Missouri Bill Would Ban Eminent Domain, but Only for Wind and Solar Projects
6 May 2024 @ 7:15 pm
The Show Me State has plenty of room to rein in laws on taking private property, but instead, lawmakers are focusing only on one very narrow use case.
MIT President Says MIT Is Finally Shutting Down Anti-Israel Encampment
6 May 2024 @ 6:54 pm
"And no matter how peaceful the students' behavior may be, unilaterally taking over a central portion of our campus for one side of a hotly disputed issue and precluding use by other members of our community is not right."
Federal Judges To Boycott Law Clerks From Columbia University Due To "Virulent Spread of Antisemitism"
6 May 2024 @ 5:56 pm
"Considering recent events, and absent extraordinary change, we will not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community—whether as undergraduates or law students—beginning with the entering class of 2024."
Wisconsin Court Upholds Ban on Adoption by Parent's Nonmarital Partner, Debates State Constitutional Interpretation
6 May 2024 @ 5:42 pm
How should courts interpret state constitutional provisions that read, "All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights: among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Yet Again, Someone Trying to Vanish My Post About a Case on One-Sided Pseudonymity
6 May 2024 @ 4:20 pm
In February, I wrote about a Fourth Circuit decision in Doe v. Sidar, which discusses one-sided pseudonymity. Today, I see that Google received yet one more request that it remove that post from its indexes, and thus vanish it from search results. That's the fourth attempt so far aimed at that particular post; I've written about…
Alabama's New Sex Trafficking Law Could Mean Life in Prison for Trafficking Victims
6 May 2024 @ 3:33 pm
It's the war on drugs all over again, folks...
Does Uncle Sam Consider Your Backyard Restricted Airspace?
6 May 2024 @ 1:56 pm
The areas where you need FAA approval to fly a model plane or drone are surprisingly large.
Gestapo Administration
6 May 2024 @ 1:30 pm
Plus: Fertility rate collapse, New York Times angers liberals, Met Gala picketing, and more...