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Big Student Free Speech Victory in 5th Circuit Against U Texas Speech Policies

Posted by Leah M. Baldacci, Esq. on October 29, 2020 20 Comments

In a victory for campus free speech at the University of Texas, with national implications, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just issued its decision in favor of plaintiff Speech First, Inc.

Legal Insurrection and Judicial Watch investigate attacks on UCF Prof. Charles Negy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2020 44 Comments

Charles Negy is the University of Central Florida professor who found himself in the crosshairs of online and street mobs demanding his termination after early June 2020 tweets disputing the concept of "systemic racism" and asserting that "black privilege is real."

Court: Sarah Palin libel lawsuit against NY Times to go to trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2020 27 Comments

The last we checked in on Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the NY Times over a false editorial blaming an electoral map used by Palin for the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords by Jared Loughner. As we reported at the time of the shooting, there was no connection, it was a fabrication of left-wing bloggers that made its way into the mainstream.

The administrative torment of UCF Prof. Charles Negy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 16, 2020 54 Comments

I had heard of Charles Negy, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Florida (UCF). What I heard seemed like a particularly egregious example of cancel culture that is purging academia and imposing uniformity of opinion, particularly with regard to the Black Lives Matter movement. Having looked into it more, it's worse than I realized.

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

Pro-Trump Women’s Group Sues To Paint Own Motto On Street Since NYC Painted “Black Lives Matter”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 26, 2020 56 Comments

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to much fanfare and hoopla, instructed city government to paint on the street outside Trump Tower the words "Black Lives Matter." He even assisted in the painting (see Featured Image above, via YouTube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JMkzakXgIY

Nicholas Sandmann settles lawsuit against The Washington Post

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2020 45 Comments

Nicholas Sandmann has sued several major media outlets over reporting on the incident in which a Native American activist confronted Sandmann. We previously reported that CNN settled with Sandmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAaJOxVKb7U

Federal Appeals Court Bars Kentucky From Banning Drive-Up Church Services

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2020 20 Comments

We have followed several court cases involving bans on drive-in church services, including on in Louisville, Kentucky, and another in Greenville, Mississippi. We addressed likely litigation in the age of pandemic at our April 26, 2020, live event, Constitutional Rights in the Age of Government Overreach. To the extent there is a pattern emerging, it is that the state cannot bar religious services where CDC social distancing and related precautions are followed, if the state also allows drive-up and drive-through practices for secular institutions like fast food and liquor stores.

UConn Students Arrested for Racial Slur Last Year Now Suing School on First Amendment Grounds

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 15, 2020 1 Comment

"A UConn spokeswoman said the university does not comment on pending litigation."...

CNN Settles Nick Sandmann Lawsuit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 07, 2020 52 Comments

CNN has settled the lawsuit brought by Nicholas Sandmann over coverage of the incident in which Sandmann falsely was accused of trying to intimidate a Native American activist, according to local TV reports. Sandmann filed lawsuits against CNN, The Washington Post, and NBC. Initially the lawsuits were dismissed, but recently a portion of the lawsuits were reopened by the court and all three lawsuits were reactivated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gss45TTE4sk

All three Nicholas Sandmann lawsuits to go forward — WaPo, CNN, NBC

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2019 32 Comments

On October 28, 2019, we reported on a stunning development in Nicholas Sandmann's previously dismissed lawsuit against The Washington Post, Judge Reopens Nicholas Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post.

Sarah Palin suit against NY Times still alive: Appeals Court denies Rehearing of Order reinstating case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2019 28 Comments

When we last checked in Sarah Palin's lawsuit against the New York Time over false claims that Palin's 2011 electoral map was connected to the shooting of then congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the lawsuit had been reinstated by a panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, after a trial court dismissal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSkpPaiUF8s#action=share

Judge Reopens Nicholas Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2019 31 Comments

In late July 2019, a federal district Judge in the Eastern District of Kentucky dismissed the lawsuit by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann against The Washington Post. For background on the dismissal and the underlying legal issues, see our post, Nicholas Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post DISMISSED.

Word Crime: Two UConn Students Arrested For Saying Racial Slurs

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 23, 2019 46 Comments

Two students from the University of Connecticut are currently under arrest because they used racial slurs. That may be tasteless and inappropriate, but at the end of the day, they're just words. These students were arrested for saying words.

Protect your rights against those claiming a crisis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2019 62 Comments

Every time I think the media-Democrat frenzy could not get any more frenzied, it gets more frenzied. How seamlessly they have transitioned from almost three years of Russia-collusion-mania to the current frenzy claiming that anyone and everyone who supports Donald Trump is a white supremacist.

Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit against NY Times reinstated by appeals court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2019 16 Comments

Sarah Palin sued the NY Times for defamation regarding the (false) allegation that an electoral map she used was connected to the shooting of Gabby Giffords by Jared Loughner. As we reported at the time, there was no connection, it was a fabrication of left-wing bloggers. The rest of the world got the message, but not the NY Times:

Nicholas Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post DISMISSED

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 26, 2019 72 Comments

When Nicholas Sandmann filed suit against The Washington Post (and later CNN and NBC) for defamation, I expressed skepticism that the lawsuit would survive a motion to dismiss:

Masterpiece Cakeshop Sued A Third Time, Ostensibly Over “Gender Transition” Cake

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 15, 2019 69 Comments

Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado is once again the target of a lawsuit. This time, the family-run bakeshop is being sued not by Colorado but by the complainant, Attorney Autumn Scardina, in the dropped suit filed by the state.

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