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What about campus culture makes it so unique that social shaming in this context poses such a unique threat? → Read More
My work was recently involved in a larger debate about the power, and harm, of certain words. → Read More
Religious fear and hatred of nonbelievers is real, the question is whether legal mechanisms exist that nonbelievers can utilize to defend themselves. → Read More
Overcriminalization results in tremendous and unnecessary human costs, so why is it so difficult to scale back the law? → Read More
To Blackman, the objectionable part about the majority opinion in Jones was the conservative justices appeared to be *gasp* apologizing for making a socially conservative ruling. → Read More
Here is the thing about conservative rhetoric of following the law as written and about not making policy: in practice conservative judges do the exact opposite. → Read More
Combine a conservative religious ideology that fears and hates nonbelievers and has taken over much of the judiciary, with an ever-increasing nonbeliever population growth, and what you get is legal oppression. → Read More
The Department of Justice has argued high school officials should have the power to monitor and punish off-campus student speech. → Read More
A conversation about the free exercise doctrine generally and discussion on an important free exercise case heard by the Supreme Court this term. → Read More
It has become very interesting to see when kneeling at a football game is acceptable behavior. → Read More
It is difficult, if not impossible, to find greater hypocrisy on any issue than the kind exhibited by cancel culture alarmists. → Read More
President Biden has a terrible track record when it comes to the drug war, but even if he wanted to change it, can he? → Read More
The Texas Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones’ request for cert to dismiss four defamation lawsuits brought by parents of Sandy Hook victims. → Read More
The fact is nothing about this Supreme Court’s religious liberty doctrine reflects equality or liberty for all. → Read More
When the government forces you to subsidize an organization or the beliefs of others you personally disagree with, that is the very opposite of granting you a 'choice.' → Read More
The only thing worse than Joshua Garton’s fake photograph desecrating the grave of a dead police officer is the decision to arrest him for it. → Read More
When Twitter blocked the current president, it was expected that his staunchest supporters would cry foul, but I was shocked to see reasonable people also express dire concern. → Read More
In an era where absurd defamation suits by prominent parties are common, elections company Dominion Voting Systems has made a serious defamation claim against Sidney Powell. → Read More
The false narrative of religious victimization appears to dominate at the Supreme Court, yet one district court judge has struck back. → Read More
There is no justifiable reason to continue such an abused, ineffective, and (should be) unconstitutional practice. → Read More