Thinh Nguyen and I have an op-ed that is definitely correct and certainly unpopular: thehill.com/opinion/judici…

“A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the dismantling of the National Science Foundation, with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth”

That sign about falling cats is hilarious.

I gave my cat a little button to press when he’s hungry. It was supposed to be cute… helpful even. A smart way for him to communicate. Now I’m his full-time servant. He doesn’t press it when he’s hungry — he presses it when he’s bored.

Winning: DOJ Announces They Have Arrested Man Responsible For Creating Microsoft OneDrive buff.ly/fup29Pn

Good time to re-up this explainer on the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan case, which established the “actual malice” standard for defamation—particularly for public figures—so powerful people couldn’t sue to silence criticism. thefire.org/news/why-new-y…

This is *so Philadelphia*. Brilliant.

Has Trump v. Cartman been filed yet? 🧐

The totally groundless firing of Dr. Erika McEntarfer, my successor as Commissioner of Labor Statistics at BLS, sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the statistical mission of the Bureau. For a full statement opposing this move, read: friendsofbls.org/updates/2025/8…

Look, weird for me to say, but Donald J. Trump is exactly right here. Can't thnk of another US president who would have made this move. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/…

“It should alarm all Americans when the government retaliates against individuals or organizations for engaging in constitutionally protected public debate.” We couldn’t agree more with Judge Sooknanan, who last week blocked the FTC’s investigation of Media Matters on First

VICTORY! In a win for student expression on campus, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today overruled a lower court's decision, sided with FIRE’s clients, and blocked West Texas A&M University’s unconstitutional ban on drag shows.

Check out our new paper -- with a lot of new results on the evolution and impacts of experiential legal education -- here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….

NEW: Judge Sooknanan acted quickly to block as many as 600 Guatemalan children from being deported by the Trump administration without due process. A judge in Illinois took a similar step for 4 children whose lawyers sued Saturday. w/ Josh Gerstein politico.com/news/2025/08/3…

404 Media The scale at which this happens makes determining real and fake hard and labor intensive, while harming free speech online. This basically means you have a decent shot at de-indexing pages you don't like with a fake DMCA request. This is the problem with notice and takedown

Fascists lose Round 1. Only this sort of thing could make me support Harvard's administration. arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…

Court Rightly Finds for Harvard Against Trump Administration cato.org/blog/court-rig… via Cato Institute Frankly, the result was obvious.

Guilty. Good.

I don't think "actual malice ... in the colloquial sense" is going to cut it in court.