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From N.D. Human Rights Coalition v. Patriot Front, decided Sept. 9 by Chief Judge Peter Welte (D.N.D.): This case involves the vandalism of the Market [International Market Plaza in Downtown Fargo] in September 2022. As alleged, individuals affiliated with Patriot Front, which is alleged to be a "white supremacist group,"…

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Jane Bambauer and I discuss the various rules the Court applies in obscenity cases and the forthcoming Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton decision, which deals with "obscene-as-to-minors" material (not to be confused with child pornography). Fun fact: Associate Justice Potter Stewart, who wrote the "I know it when I see…

[1.] California recently enacted a new law banning election-related "materially deceptive content" 120 days before and 60 days after an election. "Materially deceptive content" is defined as audio or visual media that is intentionally digitally created or [significantly] modified, which includes, but is not limited to, deepfakes, such that the…

Academia and policymakers shouldn't ignore the problem of unpunished crime.

Increasing the supply of housing requires looser rules and fewer bureaucratic delays.

The Olomouc clock's changing design reflects history's victors and their legacies.

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Some Utah sheriffs say that rules proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for volunteer search and rescue teams would impose heavy burdens on volunteers and on the agencies that use them. According to the sheriffs, the rules would require at least 690 additional hours of training for…

"Appearing to cave to criticism from commentators and political officials, this Judicial Conference proposal rejects the idea that there are no partisan judges—only judges doing their level best to faithfully apply the law to reach the correct decision."

[I have updated and basically rewritten the post in light of new information that allows me to explain matters much more clearly, I think.] This year's entering class is the first since admissions decisions were constrained by the Supreme Court's ban on racial preferences in the SFFA case, and lots…