Blogger rights and wrongs – From sea to shining sea
Last week, on April 18th, I retweeted news of this court decision: New Jersey blogger considered a journalist under state Shield Law A New Jersey blogger... Read more
Category: Free Expression
Jew for Jocularity v. Jews for Jesus
Jews for Jesus, which likes the First Amendment only some of the time, has been sued (subscription required) by Jew-for-laughs Jackie Mason, who didn’t appreciate... Read more
Cajuns cooked
Attorney Scott Wolfe, flush with victory, sends along this update on the Louisiana lawyer advertising rules I blogged about last fall, when I said, “Get... Read more
Not All First Amendments Are Equal
(Actually, originally published on February 25, 2005…. long story.) Instapundit writes, in reference to the Ward Churchill affair: “Eugene is right, of course, that the... Read more
Missing Link in Constitutional Devolution
Mike Bates,who should know, links to a story involving yet another cease and desist letter — this time sent by Fox News Channel, according to... Read more
Libel per se
Glenn Reynolds, writing about the dustup at Brandeis over this letter (“marked up” here): And I think that false charges of racism aimed at a... Read more
I’ve got your blogger disclosure right here
Via Instapundit: IRA STOLL: Vanguard Blogger Is Democratic Donor. “The Vanguard mutual fund official responsible for the pre-election Vanguard blog post crediting the Obama stimulus bill passed... Read more
Net Neutrality: Only one thing could be worse.
I haven’t written much about Net Neutrality. A few years ago I did say this: Concurring Opinions writes in favor of Net Neutrality — a key... Read more
Liberté, égalité, censure… and the First Amendment?
Last week Reuters “news” service reported about the pending request by Yahoo! for a what appears to be a declaratory judgment (I have not seen... Read more
None dare call it speech
Money, that is. It’s just that some people just don’t want to talk about what they’re doing with it. Thanks, Senator McCain! Read more
Gin a body meet a body
Body #1 being the “Mother Court,” as it describes itself–the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Body #2 being... Read more
Litigation Guy, updated
Eleven months ago I wrote about Carol Burnett’s lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, based on a tasteless parody of her “signature” charwoman character. I worked... Read more
Have a Coke and a Trial
India doesn’t have a First Amendment, as such, but from what I read its free speech protections are similar to those in the West. So... Read more