Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998
8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. The Supreme Court considered the...
Check Out the National High School Law Review, Vol. II
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Check Out the National High School Law Review, Vol. II
It's a project of Studium; Studium's Constitutional Law Advisory Board includes Prof. and National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen, Prof....
Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing.
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Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing.
The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.
Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007
8/23/2007: John Yates, aboard the Miss Katie boat, threw fish overboard to avoid an inspection. He was prosecuted for destroying...
Reconciling Hayek and Mill's Divergent Defenses of Liberty
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Reconciling Hayek and Mill's Divergent Defenses of Liberty
As Cass Sunstein points out, Hayek and Mill had widely divergent rationales for liberty. But the two can be reconciled.
Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale
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Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale
A summary from Reuters (Jonathan Stempel) Friday: A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit...
Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports
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Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports
Section 338 is a long-defunct part of the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
Today in Supreme Court History: August 24, 1946
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 24, 1946
8/24/1946: Justice James McReynolds dies.
Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn't Violate First Amendment
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Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn't Violate First Amendment
From 1 Community Compact v. City of Fresno, decided Friday by California Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Detjen, joined by...
Would Muslim Prayer Room at Public High School Violate Establishment Clause?
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Would Muslim Prayer Room at Public High School Violate Establishment Clause?
Yes, Judge John Milton Younge (E.D. Pa.) suggested Friday in Hiester v. School District of Philadelphia: The crux of Plaintiffs'...
Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech During the Civil War
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Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech During the Civil War
An extremely interesting post (Mchangama, as many of you know, is a historian of free speech, among other things): [I]t's...
"Signs of AI Authorship in Federal Appellate Opinions"
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"Signs of AI Authorship in Federal Appellate Opinions"
"Dozens of published circuit opinions show signs of AI writing. If courts are using AI, that's promising—and worth getting right."
AI Hallucinations in State Farm Insurance Outside Lawyers' Filings
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AI Hallucinations in State Farm Insurance Outside Lawyers' Filings
From L.A. Times (Rebecca Ellis) Wednesday: As part of an insurance dispute over a fire-damaged Carson home, attorneys for State...
Forget the Population Bomb. The New Fear Is a Population Implosion.
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Forget the Population Bomb. The New Fear Is a Population Implosion.
Overpopulation panic is sooooo 20th Century! Welcome to the era of depopulation dread.
Study: Most Mealtime Screen Time Is TV, Not Social Media
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Study: Most Mealtime Screen Time Is TV, Not Social Media
What a new study of mealtime screen time does—and does not—say.