Politics
State vs. Local, State vs. State
A popular revolt against state-led zoning reform in Colorado, Massachusetts' contradictory approach to housing...
Court Upholds Order Barring Man from Naming Three School Officials in Social Media Posts
The officials alleged that he had "sent repeated harassing and threatening emails" to them, and the trial cour...
Workers' Comp Claim for "Exacerbation of Severe Mental Illness Due to Exposure of a Racially Insensitive Wooden Item"
"[S]he was told that a Mammy doll which depicts slavery was in the garage of the building where they worked......
Do You Have a Right To Wear a Penis Costume in Public? A 62-Year-Old Alabama Woman Is About To Find Out.
A police officer threw Renea Gamble to the ground and handcuffed her because her costume might have offended h...
Loose Lips, Slipped Ships
Plus: The U.S. blockade of Iran begins, oil prices dip, D.C. fights its war against curbside "streateries," an...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms: No Pseudonymity in Title IX Suits Claiming Wrongful Discipline
Many other courts do generally allow pseudonymity in those particular cases, but the Seventh Circuit disagrees...
Is Trump Investigating the NFL Because He Failed To Buy a Team So Many Times?
Plus: the insanity of investigating the NFL on antitrust grounds, and should golf be harder?
New in Civitas Outlook: Trump Refights the "War" That Congress and the Burger Court "Waged" Against President Nixon's Tapes
"OLC's opinion will frustrate, rather than extend, the dangerous cycle of presidential lawfare."
California Law Restricts Naming Abortion/Gender-Affirming Care Providers/Patients (+ Soon Immigration Support Services Providers?) …
online, after they send a demand that they not be named (and declare that there has been an online-naming-rela...
When SCOTUS Did Lasting Damage to the Bill of Rights
Plus: The Alito retirement rumors keep swirling.
Enough with the Piano!
From Lupton v. Kardash, decided Thursday by the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (Judges Keith K. Hiraoka,...
Will Migration From Blue States to Red States Give the GOP a Boost in the Electoral College? Not Necessarily.
While many of the states that are growing are currently seen as safe red territory, today's Republican-voting...
Brickbat: Taking Pictures
Former Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Stephen Kamnik pleaded guilty to crimes including unlawful use of a...
A Narrow Resolution on Geofence Warrants?: A Thought on Chatrie
The first in a series.
Is the War in Iran Totally Pointless?
Plus: Viktor Orbán loses in Hungary, Kamala Harris and Eric Swalwell raise questions about Democratic candidat...
Court Orders OpenAI to Cut off (for 3 Weeks) ChatGPT Access by Mentally Ill and Dangerous User
Could a court likewise order, say, Gmail to cut off a person's access to his Gmail account, if there's reason...
A Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal
Trump's failure to properly allege "actual malice" is consistent with his long history of filing shaky legal c...
Team Two Spaces
From the Standing Order in civil cases issued by Judge Ana Reyes (D.D.C.) The Court is mindful of the raging…...