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Guilty Plea for Death Threats to Synagogue Related to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

From a press release by the federal prosecutor's office in Massachusetts, released Nov. 25 but just posted on Westlaw: A… The post Guilty Plea for Death Threats to Synagogue Related to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 27, 2024

Woman Pleads Guilty for Threat Left on Voice-Mail of Judge Tanya Chutkan, Who Was Presiding Over Trump's Election Interference Trial

[UPDATE 12/26/2024, 7:36 pm: I erroneously titled this post "woman sentenced for …" (likely because I had been reviewing some… The post Woman Pleads Guilty for Threat Left on Voice-Mail of Judge Tanya Chutkan, Who Was Presiding Over Trump's Election Interference Trial appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 27, 2024

Calling Girlfriend "Whore," "Slut," and "Bitch" Doesn't Fit Within "Fighting Words" Exception to First Amendment

From Judge Neeti Pawar's opinion in People v. Hughes (Colo. Ct. App.), joined by Judges Anthony Navarro and Sueanna Johnson (decided last month, but just posted to Westlaw recently): When Hughes returned from an overseas military deployment, his girlfriend, who lived in Virginia, A.B., met him in Colorado Springs. One…

Reason · Aug 14, 2024

Why I Post About Pretrial Decisions (on Motions to Dismiss and Such)

A commenter on the Claim That Public School Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Sharp Pro-COVID-Vaccine Post Can Go Forward thread wrote: Eugene Volokh likes to post about cases that can go forward because they survive some kind of summary judgement. Mostly it just seems to rile up the usual commenters…

Reason · Jun 24, 2024

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Universal Studios Based on Employee's Use of "OK" Gesture

From an order by Judge John Kralik of the L.A. Superior Court in McGee v. Universal City Studios, LLC, decided April 30 but just posted on Westlaw: Plaintiffs … allege that they were at Defendant Universal City Studios, LLC's theme park Universal Studios Hollywood. They allege that on July 18,…

Reason · May 28, 2024

Secret Order Releasing Convicted Murderer

From State v. Price, decided Sept. 6 by the South Carolina Supreme Court but posted on Westlaw in just the last two weeks: Price was convicted of murder in 2003 and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison…. The parties inform us Price began serving his sentence on December 23, 2003,…

Reason · Dec 23, 2023

Race-Based Refusal to Consider Questions at Employer Town Hall / Removal of Posts on Internal Forum May Be Illegal Discrimination

From Tyree B. v. Raimondo, decided by the EEOC on Oct. 18 but just posted to Westlaw last week: The Agency framed Complainant's claims [of, among other things, race discrimination based on his being white] as follows: Agency officials have ignored, dismissed, disregarded, suppressed, mischaracterized, and mislabeled Complainant's communications and…

Reason · Nov 27, 2023

Agreement That Children "Shall Be Raised in the Orthodox Jewish Tradition" Is Unenforceable

In Connecticut Superior Court Judge Eddie Rodriguez's opinion in Breiner v. Breiner (handed down Sept. 15 but just posted on Westlaw), the dispute was about whether plaintiff mother had breached an agreed-to provision in a 2017 parenting plan, "The parties agree the children shall be raised in the Orthodox Jewish…

Reason · Nov 14, 2023

Apparent Neo-Nazi Pleads Guilty to Trying to Burn Down Church That Was Hosting Drag Queen Story Hour

From a Justice Department press release dated Oct. 24, but just posted on Westlaw a few days ago: An Ohio man pleaded guilty yesterday to violating the Church Arson Prevention Act and to using fire and explosives to commit a felony, all in connection with his attempt to burn down…

Reason · Nov 5, 2023

Singular "They" in Court

From D.C. v. Casa Ruby, Inc., decided May 1 by D.C. trial judge Danya A. Dayson, but just posted on Westlaw: Therefore, specifically, as to each Third-Party board member Defendant, there must be factual allegations sufficient to support an inference or conclusion that the board member either intentionally, rather than…

Reason · Aug 21, 2023