**PredictIt Helps Forecast Election Results. Bureaucrats Are Trying To Kill It.** Election betting markets are often more reliable than pundits. Did the site steal user funds? No. Did they lie to people? No. Harm anyone? No.
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PredictIt helps forecast election results. Bureaucrats are trying to kill it.
Election betting markets often correctly predict results. Bureaucrats are using the government to shut it down.
**The Perils of Trying To Curtail Hazily Defined 'Disinformation'** A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.
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The perils of trying to curtail hazily defined 'disinformation'
A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disi...
**Court Blocks N.Y. Law Mandating Posting of "Hateful Conduct" Policies by Social Media Platforms (Including Us)** From Volokh v. James, decided today by Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. (S.D.N.Y.): "Speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, …
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Court Blocks N.Y. Law Mandating Posting of "Hateful Conduct" Policies by Social Media Platforms (Including Us)
From Volokh v. James, decided today by Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. (S.D.N.Y.): "Speech that demeans on the basis of…
**No First Amendment Protection for 12 Cypress Trees,** when plaintiff's "connection to his trees [was] rooted in a vague and indeterminate concept of spirituality, quantum physics, and cosmic mechanics."
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No First Amendment Protection for 12 Cypress Trees,
From Joseph v. City of San Jose, a case brought by self-described "astrobiologist" Rhawn Joseph, and decided yesterday by Magistrate…
**Nikki Haley's Presidential Bid Is an Unappealing Mix of MAGA and RINO** Is she an heir to Trump's throne? Is she a second coming for the pre-Trump Republican establishment? She doesn't even seem to know.
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Nikki Haley's presidential bid is an unappealing mix of MAGA and RINO
As she begins a White House bid, Haley seems stuck somewhere between the failed GOP policies that preceded Trump and the failed policies that he en...
**Happy Trails: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Won't Run for Reelection** The longest-serving California senator was a hardline drug warrior, a surveillance hawk, and no friend of freedom.
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Happy trails: Sen. Dianne Feinstein won't run for reelection
The longest-serving California senator was a hardline drug warrior, a surveillance hawk, and no friend of freedom.
**Smartmatic's Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News Can Go Forward** From today's decision by the New York intermediate appellate court in Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Fox Corp.: The causes of action for defamation were based on significant allegations that d…
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Smartmatic's Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News Can Go Forward
From today's decision by the New York intermediate appellate court in Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Fox Corp.: The causes of…
**An Alabama Man Was Taken to Jail. Two Weeks Later, He Was Dead From Hypothermia.** Tony Mitchell's death was a "direct and proximate result" of jail officers' "deliberate indifference or malice, and of their ongoing denial of Tony's constitutiona…
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An Alabama man was taken to jail. Two weeks later, he was dead from hypothermia.
A mentally ill Alabama man was jailed after a violent altercation with police. He died of hypothermia two weeks later. Now, his family is suing.
**How a Drafting Error Made It Harder for New Yorkers To Obtain Relief From Marijuana Felony Records** Because legislators omitted a crucial letter, there is no straightforward way to downgrade convictions for offenses that are no longer felonies.
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How a drafting error made it harder for New Yorkers to obtain relief from marijuana felony records
Because legislators omitted a crucial letter, there is no straightforward way to downgrade convictions for cannabis offenses that are no longer fel...
**Was the Chinese Surveillance Balloon in U.S. "Near Space"?** The nation's control over the air above our heads is less settled than some may think.
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Was the Chinese Surveillance Balloon in U.S. "Near Space"?
Prompted by the Biden Administration's decision to down a Chinese government spy balloon and several additional objects over the weekend,…