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No First Amendment Right to Force Government to Provide Live Feed of Macaques in Government Lab
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (182+ words) Eugene Volokh | 2.18.2026 4:17 PM From People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. Nat'l Inst. of Mental Health, decided last week by Judge Paula Xinis (D. Md.): According to PETA, the Elisabeth Murray lab, under the aegis of Defendants, conducts "torturous and useless" experiments…...
Washington's millionaire tax is economic suicide
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (65+ words) NEXT: A Consumer Fraud Complaint About 'Boneless Wings' Won't Fly, a Federal Judge Rules Jared Dillian is the founder and principal of Jared Dillian Money. Jared Dillian | 2.18.2026 2:42 PM Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2026 2:20 PM Matthew Petti | 2.18.2026 1:51 PM Dan Alban | 2.18.2026 1:15 PM Mattha Busby | 2.18.2026 1:00 PM...
Free Speech Unmuted: Student Speech, Threats, and the First Amendment
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (131+ words) Eugene Volokh | 2.18.2026 2:30 PM When can a public university punish a student for speech that includes violent references, and that frightens some people, but is not a clear threat? Jane and I unpack two recent court cases, one that upholds such…...
A Consumer Fraud Complaint About 'Boneless Wings' Won't Fly, a Federal Judge Rules
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (368+ words) That conclusion jibes with BWW's cheeky response to Halim's claims. "It's true," the company'tweeted a few days after the lawsuit was filed. "Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken. Our hamburgers contain no ham. Our buffalo wings are 0% buffalo....
When police can keep seized cash, abuse follows
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (564+ words) Oklahoma City's police department is the latest law enforcement agency exposed for mishandling forfeited money. Former city attorney Orval Jones blew the whistle, accusing the city of participating in a "nefarious scheme" to divert forfeiture proceeds into police coffers instead…...
Was it a coincidental traffic stop or AI-powered surveillance?
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (573+ words) Seth Ferranti was driving his Ford pickup on a southeastern Nebraska stretch of the interstate in November 2024 when law enforcement pulled him over, claiming that he had wobbled onto the hard shoulder. As the Seward County sheriff's deputies questioned Ferranti,…...
Blaming buildings for sex trafficking
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (1282+ words) Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.18.2026 12:45 PM Can a building be a sex trafficker? Some lawyers seem to be hoping so. Apartment buildings, nightclubs, and hotels have been coming under fire for facilitating interactions that some say should have been tip-offs to sex…...
Mamdani to increase NYC property taxes by 9.5 percent to balance budget if income taxes are not raised
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (458+ words) New York City is already one of the most expensive places to live in the United States, but residents should brace themselves to pay even more for housing if the city's budget deficit persists. On Tuesday, New York City Mayor…...
Should A Federal Judge Be Remembered For "Champion[ing] the Underdog and the Uncelebrated"?
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (336+ words) I would think judges should be remembered for treating all parties equally under the law. Josh Blackman | 2.18.2026 11:09 AM As I noted at the time, Pratt also made a gratuitous comment about the Emoluments Clauses--an issue that was then-pending before…...
Stephen Colbert says CBS killed an interview because of FCC equal-time rule
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (652+ words) This week, Stephen Colbert'host of CBS'The Late Show'interviewed Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a candidate in the state's Democratic Senate primary on March 3. But it didn't air. As Colbert explained, CBS declined to broadcast the interview as a result of…...