The Latest Breaking News from Kyle Duncan

S. Ct. Declines to Rehear Fifth Circuit's Holding That Public Libraries May Select/Remove Books Based on Viewpoint

Here's my summary of the May 23 majority en banc opinion by Judge Kyle Duncan in Little v. Llano County,… The post S. Ct. Declines to Rehear Fifth Circuit's Holding That Public Libraries May Select/Remove Books Based on Viewpoint appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 9, 2025

Lawless IV: Leadership Failures Old and New

The pandemic showed the weakness of the leadership class. [UPDATE: Inadvertently posted it under my byline, but it's of course Ilya Shapiro's post, as the byline now reflects. -EV]

Reason · Jan 16, 2025

Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre's Defamation Lawsuit Against Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe Thrown Out

From yesterday's Fifth Circuit decision in Favre v. Sharpe, by Judge Leslie Southwick, joined by Judge Kyle Duncan and Judge Jeremy Kernodle (E.D. Tex.): Brett Favre … was named three times as the NFL's Most Valuable Player, had a Super Bowl victory, and was selected for the NFL Hall of…

Reason · Sep 17, 2024

“Seems obscene” says federal appeals court judge during hearing for Llano County library book removal case

A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans heard oral arguments Wednesday for an appeal to overturn a judge’s order that Llano County officials return to shelves books they had removed. It was not clear how or when the appellate panel would rule.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 8, 2023

Prof. Andrew Koppelman's Thoughts for Law Students, from the Left to the Left

Very well put, I think; an excerpt: The students who disrupt right-wing speakers – the protest against Judge Kyle Duncan, who tried to speak at Stanford Law School, is a prominent recent case – have been appropriately criticized for their obliviousness to the value of free speech. I want to…

Reason · Apr 5, 2023

Cynthia M. Allen: When a judge is ridiculed for speaking on campus, like at Stanford, it’s time for action

Sen. Ted Cruz is known for having strong opinions, many of which are needlessly bombastic; some of which are best ignored.

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

Stanford Law Dean Jennifer Martinez's Excellent Defense of Free Speech and Civility

After a more ambiguous initial reaction to student disruption of Judge Kyle Duncan's speech, sponsored by the Stanford Federalist Society, Dean Jennifer Martinez has issued a passionate, well-argued, and occasionally blistering letter explaining why the students behaved inappropriately, and expressing the view that Stanford's "commitment to diversity and inclusion means…

Reason · Mar 23, 2023

Editorial: Law students shout down the First Amendment

The disdain law students and their administrators show the First Amendment and differing viewpoints should be a major societal concern.

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023

New Regulations Won't Stop the Next Bank Collapse

Plus: Another campus free speech debacle, foreign cheese groups lose Gruyere trademark case, and more...

Reason · Mar 17, 2023

The Stanford Disruption: Who Should be Apologizing to Whom?

There have been too few apologies for what transpired, not too many.

Reason · Mar 16, 2023