Our peer-edited Journal of Free Speech Law publishes a mix of symposia, solicited pieces, and blind-reviewed submissions. Submitters might wonder: Blind though the process might be, can I get my piece published if I’m not a law professor at a top 20 (or even top 50) law school? I thought I’d answer that by going […]
While President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is packed with controversial, debt-increasing policies, one lesser-known provision may make considerable inroads to correcting a decades-long student loan policy that has driven expensive programs and large debt burdens for students. The House version of the bill eliminates the Graduate PLUS loan program, which allows graduate students to […]
The Trump administration has approved funding for Florida to build migrant detention centers to house 5,000 detainees. Among the projects approved is “Alligator Alcatraz,” a proposed facility located on a 30-square-mile abandoned airfield in the Everglades. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Monday that the facility will start receiving detainees by the first week […]
This new article is here. The Introduction: In the United States, as is widely known, “hate speech” is generally protected by the First Amendment. Hate speech is considered “free speech” unless it provokes imminent violence or constitutes a “true threat” or “fighting words.” No other nation protects the right to express hate so vigorously. Hate speech […]
Merrit E. McAlister, the Interim Dean at the University of Florida College of Law, released this statement to the UF Law Community: Dear UF Law Community: Many of you may have seen the recent New York Times article about a student at the law school. The article stated that the student—who told the Times it “would not be manifestly […]
A lawsuit against genomics firm 23andMe is stirring a debate about what the proper role of government is in regulating how private companies use sensitive data. In June, 27 states filed a lawsuit against 23andMe to block the sale of the company’s customer data without their consent. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in […]
On July 6, 1775, the great Pennsylvania lawyer John Dickinson coauthored the Continental Congress’ Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. Among the grievances in the Declaration were the British government’s gun control program, namely having “murdered” people in attempting to confiscate arms and gunpowder at Lexington and Concord, and the disarmament of […]
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: A vetoed housing supply bill in Connecticut. A gutting of San Diego’s productive “bonus ADU” program. The legacy of the Supreme Court’s Kelo eminent domain decision two decades on. But first, our lead item on yet another case of eminent domain […]
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” aims to avert the tax increases that would result from the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it’s drawn criticism for not doing enough to reduce the debt or deficit. Earlier in June, The Washington Post reported on publicly funded homes in some cities costing […]
President Donald Trump expressed what every observer of the Middle East had been feeling on Tuesday morning. “I’m not happy with [Israel]. I’m not happy with Iran, either,” he told reporters on the White House lawn. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what […]