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Eugene Volokh

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Judge Denies Pseudonymity, Because Plaintiff's Sensitive Personal Information Wouldn't Likely Emerge in the Case—But then Disclosed That Information In Its Order

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Open Meeting Law Meets University Encampment Policies

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Friday Open Thread

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Interesting Rule 11 / Incorrect Allegation Question in One of the Sean Combs Civil Cases

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Georgia Trial Court Cites Likely AI-Hallucinated Cases (Possibly Borrowed from Party's Filing)

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Don't Plead History and Bruen in Cruel and Unusual Punishment Challenge to Long Prison Sentence for Rape, When Rape Was Historically a Capital Crime

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Government Employees May Generally Be Disciplined for Sufficiently Controversial Public Political Speech

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S. Ct. Will Decide: Can States Define Sports Team Eligibility by "Biological Sex Determined at Birth"?

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Court Rejects Lawsuit Claiming Site Falsely Attributed Allegedly Anti-Muslim Statements to Plaintiff

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How Congress Is Structurally Weaker than the President and the Judiciary

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Federal Judge Sues for Libel, Court Calls (Some) Arguments on His Side "Frivolous" and "Absurd"

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Florida Teachers Have No First Amendment Right to Indicate Their Preferred Pronouns and Honorifics in Class

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Lawsuit Against Google for Accurately Reporting Negative Stories About Plaintiff Dismissed

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Free Speech Unmuted: The Supreme Court Rules on Protecting Kids from Sexually Themed Speech Online

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Wisconsin Court Had Ordered Ex-Wife Not to Make "Disparaging Remarks … About the Other Party, Attorneys, or … Employees of the Court"

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Wednesday Open Thread

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California General Ban on Nonresidents' Getting Concealed Carry Licenses Violates Second Amendment

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No Pseudonymity for Would-Be FDIC Employee Challenging Ban on Employment of Felons

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Are Plaintiffs More Eligible to Be Pseudonymous in Lawsuits Against the Government? Less Eligible?

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Court Rejects (Largely on First Amendment Grounds) Title VI Lawsuit Over Alleged Anti-Semitism at Haverford College

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Court Allows Breach of Contract Claim for Haverford's Allegedly Failing to Respond to Anti-Semitism Complaints —But Only for Nominal Damages

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California Law Stops City from Flying World Flag Above U.S. and California Flag

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"Blanket Sealing Is Easy on the Filing Lawyer but Quite Hard on the Public's Access Rights …"

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No Qualified Immunity for School District Police Officer Who Seized Home-Schooled 14-Year-Old from Home

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The Supreme Court, Martians, Justice Jackson, and Chief Justice Roberts

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Liability for Suicide When Student Is Upset by Misconduct Investigation, and Resulting "Community Pressure"

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Parental Rights and Youth Gender Medicine

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Cancellation Litigation + Doxing Claim, over Allegedly Malicious Publicizing of Snapchat Video with Allegedly Racist Statements

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Monday Open Thread

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"The Clear Winner in Trump v. CASA: The Supreme Court"

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Congratulations to Jonathan Adler, Cited in Two Supreme Court Opinions Over the Past Two Weeks

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Free Exercise Clause Rights to Opt Children Out of Public School Lesson That "Substantially Interfer[e]" with Their Children's "Religious Development"

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Big Free Speech Takeaway from Today's Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Porn Age Verification Decision

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How Should Courts Analyze Age Verification Requirements for Porn That's Illegal for Minors?

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Today's Porn Age Verification Decision Doesn't Consider Minors' First Amendment Rights More Broadly

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Congratulations to Sam Bray and Will Baude, Cited in the Universal Injunction Case

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Congratulations to My Brother Sasha, on Today's Citation by Justice Jackson

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Lawyers' Public Allegations of Racial Prejudice by Trial Judge Lead to 30-Day Suspension

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No Pseudonymity for Illinois Ex-Med Student Suing Under Title IX to Challenge Dismissal for Sexual Misconduct

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Friday Open Thread

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"Whoever or Whatever Drafted the Briefs Signed and Filed by Blackburn,"

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Immigration, Vaccines, and Religion (Oh My)

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Journal of Free Speech Law: Publish Your Article in 2½ Months

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Jewish Professor's and Students' Lawsuit Against USC Dismissed

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"The Crisis of the Media Environment"

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Volokh v. Williamson County Challenges Tennessee's Restriction on Non-Tennesseeans Accessing Court Records

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Conflict and Loathing Among Signature Gatherers + Battery, Slurs, and Self-Defense

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Defamation, Emotional Distress, Racism/Sexism Allegations, and Discovery

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"To Certify This Class …, the Court Must Find That the Named Plaintiffs Have Retained Competent Counsel to Represent the Class"

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Wednesday Open Thread

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