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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Anti-Israel activists shout down legal scholar’s lecture on legality of anti-BDS laws

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2019 17 Comments

Eugene Kontorovich is a brilliant legal scholar formerly with Northwestern University Law School, who recently joined George Mason University's Scalia School of Law. Kontorovich's expertise includes international law, as well as free speech. His lecture The Legal Case for Israel is a must watch video.

Washington Post seeks dismissal of Nicholas Sandmann lawsuit, says reporting was “neither false nor defamatory”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2019 15 Comments

Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann sued The Washington Post for defamation related to its coverage of the incident in which Sandmann was portrayed as the perpetrator of the harassment of a Native American 'elder' after the March for Life in D.C. Sandmann also sued CNN in a separate lawsuit, and other lawsuits may follow.

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Texas AG Launches Investigation After San Antonio City Council Intentionally Excludes Chick-fil-A From Airport Contract

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 03, 2019 29 Comments

A few weeks ago, a viral article by Think Progress accused Chick-fil-A's foundation of actively supporting anti-LGBTQ organizations. The article was cited and reposted by news networks and individual blogs alike, and for the gazillionth time, calls to boycott the world's best chicken sandwich bounced around progressive spheres of the web.

Nicholas Sandmann Sues CNN – Read the Complaint with Exhibits

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2019 44 Comments

Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington, Kentucky teen maligned by the media, has filed his second lawsuit. The first lawsuit was against The Washington Post, Covington teen Nicholas Sandmann sues The Washington Post for defamation:

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Masterpiece Cakeshop wins again – CO drops prosecution for refusal to bake ‘gender-transition cake’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2019 35 Comments

The second attempt by the State of Colorado to punish Jack Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop has come to an end, once again, with a victory for the baker. Round 1 was the baker's refusal to create a custom cake for a same-sex marriage, on the ground that it violated the baker's Christian faith to create a message celebrating same-sex marriage.

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