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From today's Tenth Circuit decision in Speech First, Inc. v. Shrum, written by Judge Harris Hartz and joined by Judges Nancy Moritz and Veronica Rossman: Speech First, Inc. is a nationwide organization that describes its mission to include the protection of free speech on college and university campuses. When Oklahoma…

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -0.28%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.43%. On Friday, stocks posted modest losses on year-end...

The appeals court's unpublished order avoids some of the district court's errors, but still has some significant problems, especially with regard to standing.

In Summers v. Earth Island Institute, decided in 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari with four questions presented. Number four has acute relevance today: "Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the nationwide injunction issued by the district court." The Court didn't reach that question, however, because of…