Filed Under: “Lawsuits”

Fox settlement shows press freedom isn’t incompatible with accountability

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Indicting Mark Meadows for contempt of Congress is not a political act

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Only the current president should have control over assertions of executive privilege, saying otherwise is a political act


Newspapers’ lawsuit against Facebook and Google shows courts may be best for reining in tech abuses

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An online ad marketplace stripped of surveillance can thrive, but it will not happen without government intervention


Supreme Court seemingly ready to remove key portion of Roe v. Wade

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A majority of justices seems likely to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, a major weakening of the landmark 1973 case


Alex Jones keeps losing defamation lawsuits, but the underlying issues behind them remain unresolved

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The question of whether private figures who become temporarily famous should face stricter defamation claim standards has yet to be resolved in court


Trump is gone but governmental attacks on press freedom are continuing

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Progressives and Democrats must remember that freedom of speech is vital to democracy, no matter who is in power


Trump’s lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube aren’t about winning in court

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No court is going to rule in the ex-president’s favor, his lawsuits are more to keep his supporters riled up


Supreme Court: You can’t sue corporations for wrongfully labeling you a terrorist

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Being falsely slandered as a terrorist by credit score companies has huge consequences for anyone, but in a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS prohibited lawsuits against them


The Department of Justice sued an imaginary cow, but it’s no laughing matter

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Conspiracy-promoting congressman Devin Nunes appears to have enlisted the federal government to help him discover the identities of people ridiculing him on the internet


 

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