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China

Doing Business in China: What the NBA Can Learn from Big Tech

Matt Perault Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 12:56 PM

A scandal involving an executive for an America’s professional basketball team has shown the American public the difficulties of working in the Chinese market. But this experience is hardly new. The technology sector has long struggled to navigate the public relations problems of expansion into China. The National Basketball Association can learn from the adjustments made by tech firms to do business responsibly in China.

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Verified Accountability: Self-Regulation of Content Moderation as an Answer to the Special Problems of Speech Regulation

Evelyn Douek Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 1:47 PM

Announcing the latest edition of the Aegis Paper Series from the Hoover Institution.

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Israel

Breaking Down the Combating BDS Act of 2019 and First Amendment Challenges to State Anti-BDS Laws

Nathaniel Sobel Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 7:14 AM

How a recently passed Senate bill fits into the landscape of state-level anti-BDS laws and the legal challenges they face.

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Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech

Daphne Keller Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 2:37 PM

Announcing the latest edition of the Aegis Paper Series from the Hoover Institution.

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Document: Fourth Circuit Says Virginia Politician’s Facebook Page is a ‘Public Forum’ and that First Amendment Prohibits Blocking Constituents

Matthew Kahn Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 2:18 PM

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in Davidson v. Randall that a Virginia county official who blocked a constituent's access to the official’s Facebook page had violated the First Amendment. The court held that the official’s Facebook account amounted to a “public forum” and that blocking constituent access based on political viewpoints is unconstitutional. The full ruling is below.

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Why the White House Can’t Stop Omarosa Manigault-Newman From Talking

Bradley P. Moss Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 12:19 PM

Contrary to what President Trump might think, he lacks any authority to censor the unclassified communications of former federal employees.

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When the President Attacks the Press

Carrie Cordero Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 2:00 PM

The President’s hostility to the press is inconsistent with an ability to fulfill, and fitness for, his constitutional role as Commander in Chief.

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Blocking Twitter Users from the Presidential Account

Robert Loeb Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 5:31 PM

President Trump’s alleged blocking of members of the public on Twitter on what appear to be viewpoint-based considerations, preventing them from reading his tweets and responding to them, raises serious constitutional issues.

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Does the First Amendment Require Release of Secret Surveillance Court Documents?

Michael Linhorst Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 10:00 AM

In an October motion, the ACLU argued that a First Amendment “right of access” mandates release of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's opinions. Read on for a primer on the underlying legal theory.

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Brief Reviews

The History of Do-It-Yourself Weapons and Explosives Manuals in America

Kenneth Anderson Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 2:49 PM

A brief review of Ann Larabee's The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society.

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China

Doing Business in China: What the NBA Can Learn from Big Tech

Aegis

Verified Accountability: Self-Regulation of Content Moderation as an Answer to the Special Problems of Speech Regulation

Israel

Breaking Down the Combating BDS Act of 2019 and First Amendment Challenges to State Anti-BDS Laws

Aegis

Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech

First Amendment

Document: Fourth Circuit Says Virginia Politician’s Facebook Page is a ‘Public Forum’ and that First Amendment Prohibits Blocking Constituents

First Amendment

Why the White House Can’t Stop Omarosa Manigault-Newman From Talking

First Amendment

When the President Attacks the Press

First Amendment

Blocking Twitter Users from the Presidential Account

First Amendment

Does the First Amendment Require Release of Secret Surveillance Court Documents?

Brief Reviews

The History of Do-It-Yourself Weapons and Explosives Manuals in America

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