When it comes to technology, free speech, and new laws, the big question going into 2025 is whether the U.S. Supreme Court will allow a TikTok ban to take effect on January 19. Along with that possible change, a bevy of lower-profile tech laws—some good, mostly bad—are slated to take effect across the U.S. in […]
Libertarian candidate emerges as wild card in key swing states WJBF-TV Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an estimated $3 billion annually—for 25 years, beginning in 2028. The legislation supposes that these taxes will be paid entirely out of the profit […]
From Thursday’s decision by Judge Lee Rosenthal (S.D. Tex.) in Berry v. City of Houston: [T]aking the disputed facts in the light most favorable to Ms. Berry, summary judgment is nonetheless appropriate. The facts show a temporary employee who created, and received, workplace friction and unpleasantness, but not based on unconstitutional grounds. The facts do […]
Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, died Sunday. Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, served one term as governor of Georgia, and was the oldest former president in American history—he turned 100 three months ago. As The New York Times notes, Carter “outlived not only his wife but his vice president, most […]
From U.S. v. Al-Marimi, decided last Monday by Judge Dabney Friedrich (D.D.C.): On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 30,000 feet over the small town of Lockerbie, Scotland. The indictment alleges that all 259 people aboard died—including citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Canada, Israel, Argentina, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, […]
From Palardy v. AT&T Services Inc., decided Friday by Texas Court of Appeals (Dallas) Justice Cory Carlyle, joined by Justices Robbie Partida-Kipness and Dennise Garcia: Appellant Francis Palardy sued appellees AT&T Services Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation for defamation. Via a staffing firm, Experis, Palardy worked as an IBM contractor on an AT&T project. […]
That’s the term, it turns out, in Pennsylvania and Delaware: Not chief judges, not presiding judges, but Read More Article from Reason.com
Libertarian Party of Madison County hosts candidate forum ahead of 2024 election WAFF Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
12/30/2005: Congress enacted the Detainee Treatment Act, which gave rise to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. The Roberts Court (2006) The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 30, 2005 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com