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View More NewsFrom Sullivan v. Schiman, decided Tuesday by the Illinois Appellate Court (Justice John Anderson, joined by Justices Linda Davenport and Matthew Bertani): Schiman posted on Facebook—falsely—that [Dr.] Sullivan sexually abused her during [a medical examination at a hospital] …. Following a multi-day bench trial, the circuit court agreed that Sullivan was actually (not just presumptively) harmed but awarded $1 in nominal damages…. On January 23, 2022, Schiman went to the St. Margaret’s Hospital emergency room for treatment of severe abdominal pain. Sullivan, an emergency physician, performed a physical examination of Schiman. Based on the examination, Sullivan informed Schiman that he…
from the the-censorship-police-are-getting-bolder dept Another senior Trump administration official is gleefully showing off his true colors: The current general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published an opinion column with the Heritage Foundation’s news outlet The Daily Signal calling for stronger obscenity regulation. From the Founding through most of American history, courts allowed the legislature to control pornographic material. Judicial reactions to internet pornography broke this tradition to our great detriment. That’s by Adam Candeub, the general counsel for FCC chair Brendan Carr’s censorship regime. Among other things, he was the lawyer who represented the racist Jared Taylor when…
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A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although the True Crime genre of publishing and documentary television is replete with accounts of murderous spouses, serial killers, Mafia wars, and financial scams, rarely do the subjects transcend the headline immediacy of police procedurals to deliver the long-term import of critical analysis. The Victorian predator Jack the Ripper and the Depression-era exploits of Bonnie and Clyde are two such exceptions; a third is the countercultural carnage wrought by the Manson family. As such, Claudia Verhoeven’s new book Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History…
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from the whiny-ass-debate-me-bros dept MAGA got itself a martyr when Charlie Kirk was killed. The “violent left,” etc. as they say. One of it’s…
The Trump administration is still fighting to keep billions of dollars in tariff revenue that it unlawfully collected from American businesses. Despite begrudgingly starting…
Berlin, June 5, 2026—A court in Russia’s southern Altai Krai on Wednesday convicted Maria Ponomarenko, an imprisoned correspondent for the independent news outlet RusNews, of using…
Securitize, the tokenization specialist backed by BlackRock, moved a step closer to becoming a publicly traded company after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Bitcoin (BTC) extended losses after Friday’s Wall Street open as traders prepared for a retest of $60,000.Key points:Bitcoin begins a battle to protect $60,000…
Bitcoin continued its recent dive on Friday, falling below the $60,000 mark for the first time since 2024.The leading cryptocurrency by market cap was…
[This essay is co-authored with Professor Arthur Hellman and Gabe Roth, Executive Director of Fix the Court. Their biographies are below.] The Constitution provides…
New York, June 5, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists rejects comments by Israel’s ambassador to France, Joshua Laurent Zarka, characterizing the October…