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Donald Trump Backs Florida Marijuana Legalization Amendment

Trump says the legislature should ban public pot smoking but that we shouldn't waste money arresting adults for possession.

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California To Bend Last-Call Law for Elite Clippers Fans

If you want to drink alcohol in California after 2 a.m., it helps to be the billionaire owner of the L.A. Clippers.

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 31, 1995

8/31/1995: Students at Santa Fe Independent School District voted to allow a student to say a prayer at football games. In Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe (2000), the Supreme Court declared this prayer unconstitutional.

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X's Lawsuit Against Media Matters Can Go Forward

From yesterday's opinion by Judge Reed O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) in X Corp. v. Media Matters for America: Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knowingly and maliciously fabricated side-by-side images of various advertisers' posts on Plaintiff's social media platform X depicted next to neo-Nazi or other extremist content, and portrayed these designed images…

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Fugees Rapper Pras Michel Not Entitled to New Trial Based on Lawyer's Use of AI to Help Craft Closing Argument

Among other things, "Michel does not explain how ... the [AI-generated] mistaken attribution of a Puff Daddy song in the closing argument" sufficiently undermined his case.

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Ohio Criminal Harassment Statute Unconstitutional as to Certain Emails Sent to Government Official

So Magistrate Judge Stephanie Bowman concludes (correctly, I think) in her Report and Recommendation in today's Hicks v. Faris (S.D. Ohio): Plaintiff Christopher R. Hicks is a self-described political watchdog and member of the Central and Executive Committee of the Clermont County Republican Party. This case concerns email communications sent…

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Title IX's Exemption for Religious Institutions as to Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Is Constitutionally Permissible

The court concludes that the government may institute such an exemption, though doesn't decide whether it must do so.

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Massachusetts Ex-Cop Charged With Strangling Pregnant Woman and Staging Her Death as a Suicide

Matthew Farwell allegedly murdered a 23-year-old woman who was pregnant with his child. Their relationship is said to have began when she was 15. He was 27.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

A tardy oath, old-timey drunkards, and telling it man to [redacted] man.

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Can a Public School Ask Students to State their Religion?

Overzealous school administrators should think about students' privacy rights.

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Trailer: Why We Can't Have Nice Things Season 2

A new season brings six new stories about how the government is making Americans poorer and sicker.

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First-Ever Commercial Space Walk Delayed After Overcautious FAA Grounds SpaceX Rocket

The Federal Aviation Administration has called an unnecessary halt on launches following the Falcon 9 mishap on August 28.

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Private Universities That Reject First Amendment Principles Put Themselves At Legal Risk (Updated)

Conforming speech policies to the First Amendment would serve private universities well, legally and otherwise.

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Confusing Use of Another Political Group's Name as "Source Identifier" May Lead to Trademark Injunction

A dissenting subgroup of the Libertarian Party of Michigan was barred from "from identifying as the Libertarian Party of Michigan in the provision of services."

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Plus: Kamala Harris' big night, Japan ignores climate critics, Rio cops lose their minds, and more...

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Gavin Newsom's 'Price Gouging' Shtick Is Running on Empty

Gas prices in California are exceptionally high because of the state's high taxes and anti-oil regulations, not because gas station owners there are greedier.

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Hair-Braiding Business Denied Permission To Operate Over Fears of Competition

Since when do government officials get to decide that a market is “oversaturated”?

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Review: A Satirical How-To Guide for Imperialists

Freedom "requires you to curtail freedom of speech and freedom of the press," the book declares.

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Brickbat: Mostly Free Speech

In England, the Harrow council has canceled a performance by comedian Reginald D. Hunter at the Harrow Arts Centre, citing a joke he made at an Edinburgh Fringe performance comparing Israel to an abusive spouse. "We champion arts and culture in Harrow and strongly support freedom of speech," said a…

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National Constitution Center Podcast on United States v. Trump (Florida Edition)

Can the Attorney General Appoint a Special Counsel?

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Some Thoughts on Raising the Sanity Waterline

[I am happy to share this guest post from Professor Seth Barrett Tillman, which addresses some discourse on legal academia, including a recent post by Will Baude.] There has been much back-and-forth on social media and blogs lately about what constitutes good behaviour for academics. Having been in academic affrays…

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These Democrats Want the FEC To Crack Down on Elon Musk's Grok

Seven congressional Democrats called on the FEC to stop deepfakes. But is there really much to worry about?

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Biden Administration Restarts CHNV Immigration Parole Program for Migrants From Four Latin American Nations

The program should not have been suspended to begin with. The restart, unfortunately, includes some dubious security measures that will make applications more difficult and time-consuming.

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My Forthcoming Article "A Lost Opportunity to Protect Democracy Against Itself: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in Trump v. Anderson"

The forthcoming Cato Supreme Court Review article is now available on SSRN. It critiques the Supreme Court's decision in the Trump Section 3 disqualification case.

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