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Religious Liberty Win – Supreme Court Strikes Maine Law That Funded Secular But Not Religious Private Education

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2022 69 Comments

Ruling: The state does not have to fund private education, but once it decides to fund private education, it can't discriminate against religious private schools. Let the hysterical overreactions begin!...

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Renames Itself, Will Broaden Focus

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 08, 2022 5 Comments

“To say the least, we have not solved the campus free-speech problem, but we started to realize if we wanted to save free speech on campus we have to start earlier and we have to do things not on campus”...

Now I’ve Gone and Done It – I Offered An Opinion on The Depp-Heard Trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2022 51 Comments

On potential liability of The Washington Post. Oops, I did it again. I offered a second opinion, on the role of the ACLU....

U. Central Florida Prof. Charles Negy, Fired After Tweeting “Black Privilege is Real,” Ordered Reinstated With Tenure and Back Pay

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2022 47 Comments

Arbitrator finds no "just cause" for termination. Negy: "UCF Administrators (and all university administrators) need to get the message that they cannot simply 'purge' or even discipline professors who do not conform to the DEI ideology that they are imposing on entire university campuses."...

U. Central Florida “Discriminatory-Harassment Policy Likely Violates The First Amendment” Rules Federal Appeals Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2022 15 Comments

"it is an overbroad and content- and view-point-based regulation of constitutionally protected expression"...

Project Veritas: DOJ Obtained Emails From Microsoft Using Secret Warrants Not Disclosed to Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2022 27 Comments

Last fall, Project Veritas was raided by the FBI, which collected various documents and devices. Then things got worse. Despite a judge's ruling, the Department of Justice went to multiple magistrates and obtained secret warrants to collect communications between multiple journalists from Microsoft. Do you remember how people on the left scoffed at the idea of the Deep State? What would you call this?

Sarah Palin v. NY Times VERDICT Watch: Judge Will Dismiss Case After Jury Reaches Verdict

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2022 52 Comments

The jury in the case of Sarah Palin v. The New York Times is in the hands of the jury. We will report as soon as a verdict is reached. UPDATE 3:27 P.M.: Judge Rakoff will dismiss the case after the jury reaches a verdict. https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/1493320498935119882

Sarah Palin v. NY Times VERDICT Watch – UPDATE – Jury Breaks For Day, Returns Monday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2022 15 Comments

The jury in the case of Sarah Palin v. The New York Times is in the hands of the jury. We will report as soon as a verdict is reached.

UIC Law Prof. Jason Kilborn Sues After University Tried To Force Him Into Humiliating Racial Reeducation Program

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2022 14 Comments

Used letters "N" and "B" on exam hypo about employment discrimination, leading to campaign to fire him. The FIRE notes: "In a stunning display of unintended irony, the individualized training materials [UIC tried to force on Kilborn] include the same redacted slur that Kilborn used in his test question." ...

Cancel Culture Win: U. North Texas Prof. Timothy Jackson’s Free Speech And Defamation Case Can Move Forward, Court Rules

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2022 9 Comments

Prof. Jackson was swept up in the cancel culture mania that swept academia in the summer of 2020, as BLM riots swept cities. He wasn't fired, but sues alleging his free speech rights were violated and he was defamed....

The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Of Prof. Jason Kilborn by U. Illinois-Chicago John Marshall Law School

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2021 67 Comments

UIC has imposed a reeducation and supervision program to publicly humiliate and demean a professor that would make the Maoist Red Guards blush. It is psychologically torturing a professor just because it thinks it can....

Alex Berenson Sues Twitter For Purging Him From The Platform

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2021 33 Comments

Complaint: "the company broke its promises, its stated policies, and our laws, including a nearly 150-year-old California law that explicitly sets out its obligations as a company in the business of carrying messages"...

University of Miami Law Prof Wants ‘Redo’ of the First and Second Amendments

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2021 20 Comments

“Once a defense of the powerless, the First Amendment over the last hundred years has mainly become a weapon of the powerful”...

James O’Keefe Describes FBI Raid on His Home Over Ashley Biden Diary as “Attack on the First Amendment”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 09, 2021 19 Comments

James O'Keefe appeared on the Sean Hannity show last night with his attorney to discuss the FBI raid on his home over the Ashley Biden diary. He described the situation as an attack on the First Amendment and suggested it's all being motivated by politics.

Let’s Go, Brandenburg! Parents Have Constitutional Right To (Loudly) Criticize School Boards

Posted by Ameer Benno on October 29, 2021 11 Comments

The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on fighting words and true threats makes clear that parents have an indisputable First Amendment right to forcefully condemn school policies they dislike – and to raise their voices while doing so. ...

Lawsuit: NY’s Gov’s Vax Mandate Deliberately Ignores Constitution and Federal Law Prohibiting Religious Discrimination

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 21, 2021 33 Comments

Although the regulation allows for a medical exemption from the vaccination requirement, it provides no religious exemption whatsoever. This was no oversight....

Appeals Court Victories For Lawyers Opposing Compelled Bar Association Dues Funding Leftist Political Activity

Posted by Ameer Benno on July 27, 2021 19 Comments

For years, a majority of states and the District of Columbia have required attorneys to join and pay dues to state-run bar associations as a condition of practicing law. Most, if not all, of these bar associations are highly partisan lobbies with woke agendas....

Pentagon Reportedly Tracking Web Searches Including Phrase ‘The Truth About Black Lives Matter’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 22, 2021 33 Comments

The Pentagon reportedly keeps track of specific internet searches, including the phrase "the truth about Black Lives Matter." Mobs of BLM supporters can march through American cities, causing all kinds of destruction, but you better not be snooping on the background of their organization.

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