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No Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to Minnesota Election Deepfake Law, but Challenge Goes On
From Kohls v. Ellison, decided today by Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Steven Colloton, joined by Judges James Loken and Duane Benton: In May 2023, the Minnesota legislature enacted a law regulating deep fakes. The relevant text reads as follows: A person who disseminates a deep fake or enters into a contract or other agreement to […]
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My House Judiciary Subcommittee Testimony Against the “Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act”
NA Tomorrow, I will be testifying against the proposed “Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act” at a hearing before the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. My written testimony, already submitted to the Subcommittee is available here. Here is an excerpt from the Introduction, summarizing my testimony: I am […]
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A First Amendment Lawsuit Challenges FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s Vendetta Against NewsGuard
Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), thinks NewsGuard, a company that rates the transparency and credibility of online news sources, is biased against conservatives. There is not much evidence to support that claim. But even if it were true, NewsGuard argues in a First Amendment lawsuit it filed last Friday in the […]
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San Francisco Public Schoolteachers Make $79,468 for 184 Days of Work. Now They’re Striking for Even More.
The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) went on strike on Monday, shutting down the San Francisco Unified School District’s 120 schools and robbing 50,000 children of their regularly scheduled education. The strike is the first one in 50 years, reports ABC10, and will continue “until we win the schools our students deserve and the […]
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Allegedly Tortious Disclosure of Candidate’s Sexual Assault Allegations in Judicial Campaign
From Judge Brian Davis (M.D. Fla.) in Shorstein v. Hardwick (M.D. Fla.): The facts giving rise to this case follow Plaintiff’s claim of being sexually battered on April 20, 2018. Plaintiff was participating in her bachelorette party with dinner and drinks at several local bars. As her friends trickled away, Plaintiff remained and continued drinking […]
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Turning Point Takes On the Super Bowl
Monday, February 9th on RealClearPolitics – joined by RCP White House Reporter, Phil Wegmann, and National Political Correspondent, Susan Crabtree: 00:00 Rea…
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San Diego State Builds ‘Decolonized Internship’ Program
The public university is using Mellon Foundation money to build
