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View More NewsFrom the Complaint in Kivler v. Wolf Licensee LLC, just removed to E.D. Pa.: E.K., is a 16-year-old student athlete, who won her [wrestling] match at the district championship. Shortly after being crowned district champion on February 21, 2024 [likely a typo for 2026 -EV], a reporter from Fox56 (Wolf) requested to interview E.K, and E.K. agreed. During this recorded interview, E.K. described the match and her strategy for how she planned to prevail. However, on February 24, 2026, Defendants published the Article that did not use the quote E.K. provided, but rather an entirely different quote that E.K. never…
Last week, Judge James C. Ho of the Fifth Circuit delivered a stirring address at a First Liberty Institute gathering. I was very impressed by the speech, and asked Judge Ho for permission to publish his remarks. He kindly agreed. The theme of the event was “Judicial Courage,” and Judge Ho discusses how courage should impact judicial selection. I will include the full post below the jump, but here is an important excerpt:I’m profoundly humbled that you’ve asked me to share my thoughts on the theme of tonight’s discussion: “Judicial Courage.” But if I’m being candid, I’m also a little…
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A curious paradox sits at the heart of many advanced economies. Employers complain constantly about labour shortages. Governments respond by importing record numbers of migrants to fill vacancies. Yet at the same time, a growing number of men have quietly withdrawn from work altogether.These men are not showing up in unemployment queues or appearing in dramatic economic statistics. In many cases, they are not even looking for jobs. Instead, they exist in a liminal space between participation and withdrawal, cycling through gig work, periods of welfare dependence, disability payments, online entertainment and increasingly isolated lives.The phenomenon is most pronounced in…
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