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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Weaponized from the Beginning," by Prof. John Fabian Witt

The eleventh of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.

Reason · Apr 3, 2024

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Government Counterspeech," by Prof. Jamal Greene

The third of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.

Reason · Mar 29, 2024

Social and Economic Legislation and the Taft Court in the 1920s

I review the relevant chapters in Prof. Robert Post's forthcoming book

Reason · Mar 16, 2024

Elizabeth Holmes prison: Everything we know about disgraced Theranos founder going to jail

Inmates at the Texas prison where Holmes is expected to report to on Tuesday are placed into work programmes where some earn as little as 12 cents an hour

The Independent UK · May 30, 2023

How Did Justice Gorsuch Lose A Majority In National Pork Producers?

Thomas assigned the majority to Justice Gorsuch, but he couldn't hold five all the way.

Reason · May 12, 2023

Angry parents sue McDonald's claiming hot chicken nugget left four-year-old 'disfigured'

The parents, from Broward, Florida, said their local branch of McDonald's served a chicken nugget that was too hot and left their daughter with a scarring burn after it dropped on her leg

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2023

Ban on Knowingly False Statements During Emergencies Struck Down on First Amendment Grounds

From Judge Pedro Delgado-Hernández's opinion today in Rodriguez-Cotto v. Perluisi-Urrutia (D.P.R.): Article 5.14(a) criminalizes, after the Governor of Puerto Rico has decreed by executive order an emergency or disaster, to knowingly, purposely or recklessly: (1) give a warning or false alarm, knowing that the information is false, in relation to…

Reason · Mar 31, 2023

2023 Lions mock draft: Post-free agent kickoff edition

After the first few days of free agency have altered the Detroit Lions roster and need list, it's time for an updated mock draft

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 18, 2023

How To Make a Good Reboot — and Why the Bad Ones Are So Terrible

A good reboot is one that has something coherent to say about the original. It critiques the original, or builds on it, or extends to subjects the source text wasn’t able to reach.

Inverse · Mar 17, 2023

"Book Bans," "Social Media Censorship," and Our Tongues

One often hears school libraries' decisions to remove certain books labeled "book bans." Some object: Such removals don't actually ban the book; the book remains available at bookstores, and often at public libraries. It's just that the school system has decided not to make the book available to its students…

Reason · Mar 8, 2023