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‘Let’s Go Brandon!’ Themed Boat Wins Parade Prize, Later Disqualified

‘Let’s Go Brandon!’ Themed Boat Wins Parade Prize, Later Disqualified

Yorkshire, Virginia’s Annual Lighted Boat Parade had a surprise winner this year when a boat decorated with a “Let’s Go Brandon!” theme and featuring “FJB” took the top score, but was later disqualified as the rules state the contestants cannot [...]

December 10, 2021 Uncategorized
YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY OPT-ED OUT OF RECEIVING FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS FROM THIS LIST.

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY OPT-ED OUT OF RECEIVING FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS FROM THIS LIST.

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April 29, 2004 Uncategorized
Sixth Circuit Declines to Reinstate Ohio Limit on “Non-Essential” Abortions

Sixth Circuit Declines to Reinstate Ohio Limit on “Non-Essential” Abortions

Ohio has banned “non-essential” surgeries and medical procedures, in order to preserve medial “personal protective equipment” (of which there is a shortage) to be used for essential procedures. It has also ordered abortion clinics, alongside other medical offices, to comply [...]

April 7, 2020 Abortion, Volokh Conspiracy
District Court OK’s Closing Gun Shops as “Non-Essential”

District Court OK’s Closing Gun Shops as “Non-Essential”

Today’s decision in Brandy v. Villanueva held that L.A. County and the City of L.A. were entitled to include gun shops as “non-essential” businesses that could be closed because of the coronavirus emergency. (Sheriff Villanueva had announced “that firearms and ammunition [...]

April 7, 2020 Volokh Conspiracy
The Coronavirus Is Scary Enough. Governments Shouldn’t Make It Scarier by Withholding Information.

The Coronavirus Is Scary Enough. Governments Shouldn’t Make It Scarier by Withholding Information.

Early in Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 2019 novel Fleishman Is in Trouble, there’s a scene in which a man recently separated from his wife is interrogated by another parent in his child’s class. It was a familiar pattern: “Had things been hard [...]

April 7, 2020 Coronavirus, Health, health care, Transparency
Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Torts Physically Committed in the State, Even Long Ago

Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Torts Physically Committed in the State, Even Long Ago

That’s what Judge Christina Reiss (D. Vt.) held today in Giroux v. Foley, a case I wrote about in November. An excerpt from today’s decision: Plaintiff is a citizen of the State of New Jersey and Defendant is a citizen [...]

April 7, 2020 Volokh Conspiracy
Is Twitter using the health emergency to settle political scores?

Is Twitter using the health emergency to settle political scores?

Nate Jones and I dig deep into Twitter’s decision to delete Rudy Giuliani’s tweet (quoting Charlie Kirk of Turning Point) to the effect that hydroxychloroquine had been shown to be 100% effective against the coronavirus and that Gov. Whitmer (D-MI) [...]

April 7, 2020 Volokh Conspiracy
Lawsuit Update: DC Court Of Appeals Agrees To Hear Loomer’s Big Tech Anti-Trust Case

Lawsuit Update: DC Court Of Appeals Agrees To Hear Loomer’s Big Tech Anti-Trust Case

Laura Loomer and non-profit organization Freedom Watch brought their case before the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to resurrect their anti-conservative bias lawsuit which accuses Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter of “intentionally and willfully suppress [...]

April 7, 2020 Censorship - #StopTheBias, Loomer’s Lawsuits, Uncategorized
Stop Dignifying Irrelevancies!

Stop Dignifying Irrelevancies!

The most frustrating thing about the latest Democratic thespian production in Washington is not Pencil Neck’s nonstop lies, Dunkin’ Doughnuts mascot Jerry Nadler’s accusations of a coverup-in-the-making by Republican senators, or the vile histrionics of Hakeem Jeffries.  The most frustrating [...]

April 6, 2020 Politics
“Inappropriate” Behavior vs Evil

“Inappropriate” Behavior vs Evil

Let us not forget that Mitt Romney is not alone in his sanctimonious crusade against President Trump.  A number of other Republicans — including Marco Rubio, Rob Portman, Joni Ernst, Lamar Alexander, and Ben Sasse — have made CYA comments [...]

April 6, 2020 Politics

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