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Plaintiffs Contesting Tren de Aragua Membership Claims / Alien Enemies Act Application Can't Sue Pseudonymously

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Sixth Circuit Reverses Pretrial Release for Antifa Member Accused of ICE-Related Threats

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Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard

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Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Florida Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site

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Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt Injection" in Court Filing

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Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Georgia Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site

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Do Colleges Owe Partial Refunds for Online-Only COVID Transition?

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Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epstein Files Transparency Act

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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Hearing Horrible Speech Makes You a Better Person," by Andrew Koppelman

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Libel Lawsuit Over Highly Publicized L.A. Landlord-Tenant Dispute Thrown Out

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No Second Amendment Right to Export Guns (Including to Haiti)

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Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sowell with My Hoover Colleague Peter Robinson

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Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sewell with My Hoover Colleague Peter Robinson

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"In Its 870 Paragraphs, 269 Pages, and 63 Causes of Action," the Complaint

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Defamation Claim Against Academic from Stalking Allegations Against Another Academic, with a Trans Angle

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Free Speech Unmuted: Can AI Libel You? The Robby Starbuck Case

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$200K Libel Award for Cybersecurity Expert Accused by Substacker of Being "Israeli Spy"

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"Litigation Often Takes a Toll on a Party's Mental Health on Both Sides of the 'v'"

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Reminder: Second Annual Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop

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Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Southern Poverty Law Center

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Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trigger Pull Not Necessarily Blocked by Second Amendment

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No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability in Bar Investigation

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No Qualified Immunity When Government Official Allegedly Deleted Comments Based on Viewpoint

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Defendant's Refusal to Identify Herself Leads to Recommended Default Judgment Against Her

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Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against Meta Over Buffalo Supermarket Shooting and Allegedly Addictive Design

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Errors Involving Posting of Escort's Photos by Escort Service Aren't Subject to Federal Nonconsensual Porn Statute

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Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punishable Threat

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Reality Show Participant's #Scandoval Sex Videos Aren't of "Public Interest" for California Anti-SLAPP Law Purposes

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#TheyLied Defamation Suit Over Sexual Assault Claims Involving High School Special Ed Students Can Proceed

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