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View More NewsNA Today, the Liberty Justice Center filed, Burlap and Barrel, Inc. v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s massive new Section 122 tariffs. LJC is the same group that I worked with on V.O.S. Selections v. Trump, the IEEPA tariff case decided by the Supreme Court last month. I am not one of the attorneys on this new case. But I completely support it and its objectives. This case is the second challenging the Section 122 tariffs, following one filed by 24 state governments, last week. The LJC complaint is available here. Here is an excerpt from LJC’s description of…
Now, Friday’s decision in Alonso v. Jackson by Judge John Chun (W.D. Wash.) about the sealing / pseudonymity questions:Defendants say that good cause exists to seal their PII because they have suffered a “relentless campaign of doxing, vandalism,” violent threats, and stalkers. They submit about 55 exhibits purporting to document this harassment. Most of these exhibits show online harassment, though Exhibit 2 shows images that Defendants say show vandalism of their residence in 2020. Defendants also say that an online individual known as “Anonymous Gene” or “Gene” [not me! -EV] has engaged in a campaign of intense, long-running harassment, posting…
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I.Dismal reviews notwithstanding, I hoped that “Wuthering Heights”—writer-director Emerald Fennell’s cinematic adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel—would at least be a deliciously enjoyable bodice-ripper. The trailer promised hunky, saturnine Jacob Elordi in his exquisitely tailored black frock-coat lustily bending over a billowing-gowned Margot Robbie, who swoons and melts in the throes of tragic passion. Oh, the desperate sprints across the Yorkshire moors to those secret trysts! The howling wind and the lashing rain! The yearning quasi-folk electropop of Charli xcx in the background (Charli may be forever tainted by her association with the hapless Kamala Harris, but she sure…
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