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Michael Auslin Guest-Blogging This Week About "National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America"

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Posting Video of 10-Year-Old Hockey Player's "Tantrum" Isn't Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

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Just "Felonious Peccadillos"; I'm "Overqualified for Oklahoma"; Bar Association, "Bring It on Bitch": Surprisingly Ineffective in Fighting Disbarment

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Open Thread

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Our Coblogger Stewart Baker Has Died

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Jacob Mchangama & Jeff Kosseff Guest-Blogging About "The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom"

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"Martial Home"

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"Punctuation Matters. At the Heart of This Case Is the Placement of a Comma"

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Open Thread

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Court Upholds Ban on Military Retirement Home Residents' Wearing Political Clothing in Public Spaces

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"Multi-Figure Verdicts"

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Court Finds AI Hallucinations in Filing by Former State Senate Candidate

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Open Thread

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Gov. Newsom's Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News Over "Gavin Lied About Trump's Call" Claim Can Go Forward

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01.05.2026 9

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"Gaslighting" Isn't "Abuse" for Child Custody Law Purposes

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01.05.2026 7

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United Arab Emirates Law and Maine Courts

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01.05.2026 3

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$800K Defamation Damages in "Israeli Spy" Allegations Against Consultant Involved in Examining Hunter Biden's Laptop

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01.05.2026 10

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Open Thread

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Candace Owens Sued for Defamation Over Claims of Conspiracy to Assassinate Charlie Kirk

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30.04.2026 10

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Court: No Rule That "a Transgender Parent Should Not Be Awarded Tiebreaking Authority over a Cisgender Parent on Matters of Gender Identity and Expression"

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30.04.2026 7

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"[Anti-Harassment] Injunctions Are Not a Remedy for Interpersonal Conflict"

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30.04.2026 5

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Open Thread

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30.04.2026 10

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Free Speech Unmuted: "Defamacast" and More: How American Defamation Law Works

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29.04.2026 6

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Journal of Free Speech Law: "A New Frontier for an International Right with No Frontiers: Freedom of Expression & Generative AI Outputs," by Evelyn Mary Aswad

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29.04.2026 6

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"Making Negative Statements" About People to Their Employers = Criminal Harassment

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29.04.2026 4

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Open Thread

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29.04.2026 10

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Analyzing Indictment of James Comey for "86 47" Post

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28.04.2026 8

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D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Require That Journalists Be Escorted While in Pentagon

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28.04.2026 20

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"Gossip," "Abusive Language," and "Soft Beta Males" in Public Comments at School Board Meetings

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28.04.2026 5

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No Religious Discrimination in Firing Employee Because of Controversy Caused by Employee's Removing Israeli Hostage Posters

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28.04.2026 10

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Apparent Surge in Self-Represented Litigation Using AI

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28.04.2026 10

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Open Thread

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28.04.2026 10

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Judge Reaffirms: EEOC May Subpoena Penn's Records as to "Jewish-Related Organizations" (and Others) in Investigation of Anti-Semitic Harassment at Penn

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27.04.2026 9

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Don't Care Bears and Intellectual Property Law

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27.04.2026 10

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Comedy Club Can't Get Injunction Blocking Claims of Sexual Assault, Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Sexism

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27.04.2026 20

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Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records Sealing Bill

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27.04.2026 5

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Open Thread

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Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment

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26.04.2026 7

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Open Thread

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26.04.2026 10

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Judge Finds Epstein-Related Plaintiff Lies, Spoliation, and Lawyer Misconduct in Rape Lawsuit Against Investor Leon Black

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25.04.2026 10

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Plaintiffs Can't Sue the Chinese Government with Largely Sealed Complaint

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25.04.2026 10

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Thought Experiment: It's 2030, and the Newsom Justice Department Indicts a Conservative Group for Paying Antifa Leaders

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25.04.2026 20

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Eighth Circuit Upholds Ban on Trespassing for Surveillance Purposes

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25.04.2026 10

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Open Thread

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25.04.2026 20

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Eleventh Circuit Rejects Roy Moore's Libel Suit Over "Banned from … Mall … for Soliciting Sex from Young Girls" / "One He Approached Was 14" Ad

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24.04.2026 10

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Open Thread

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24.04.2026 10

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California Law Generally Requiring Federal Law Enforcement Officers to Display ID Violates Supremacy Clause

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23.04.2026 20

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No Libel in "Murder for Hire Conspiracy Case Results in Conviction" Headline,

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23.04.2026 10

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Prosecution for Threats to Kill Muslims (and Blacks, Immigrants, and People from India) Can Go to Jury

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23.04.2026 20

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Claim Over Firing for Kirk-Assassination-Related Post Can Go Forward, Court Rules

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23.04.2026 4

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