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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.

Supreme Court Strikes Down California Policy Forcing Disclosure Of Non-Profit Donors To State Regulators

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2021 25 Comments

In an Opinion issued today, the Supreme Court has stricken a California policy requiring disclosure of large non-profit donor information to state regulators. The case establishes the important principle that if you want to make, ahem, large donations to organizations like the Legal Insurrection Foundation,...

Federal Judge Halts Florida Law Taking On Big Social Media

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2021 43 Comments

Our prediction when the law was signed still holds true: "This is a dramatic act, but it’s unlikely to survive. You’re still on your own."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLMBT6zNgN8

Colorado Judge Fines Masterpiece Cakeshop For Refusing To Bake Gender Transition Cake

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2021 148 Comments

Attorney vows appeal: "Jack Phillips serves all people but shouldn’t be forced to create custom cakes with messages that violate his conscience." In the meantime, Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop have to bake the cake, or risk further lawsuits and fines....

Mitch McConnell Did The Nation A Great Favor By Keeping Merrick Garland Off The Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2021 71 Comments

If there were a scintilla of doubt that McConnell did the nation a great favor, that doubt should have been put to rest during Garland's June 15, 2021, speech on "Violent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism." The ideological purge will make Lois Lerner blush....

Virginia Teacher Sues Over Suspension For Publicly Opposing Proposed “Preferred Pronoun” Policy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2021 35 Comments

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