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Wisconsin threatens to strip the vote from prediction market participants
Many actions today are termed “threats to democracy,” and this is often an exaggeration. But the term fits to a tee the Wisconsin Elections…
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Hopping the fence: The failures of social media bans
There is growing global momentum toward mandatory age verification and stricter internet safety regulations. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 56…
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Congress should fight piracy, not make ISPs internet police
Online piracy is a serious problem for content creators and rightsholders. Studies estimate that unauthorized streaming and downloads cost the US economy billions…
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Free Speech on Campus
Judges have long ruled that the First Amendment of the American constitution protects many forms of hateful speech. So the official at the University of…
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The Misguided Attempt to Censor Yik Yak
People often seek to restrict new means of communication in ways that would never be applied to older forms of communication, sometimes based on fear…
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CEI Issues Report on the Nation’s Six Worst State Attorneys General
Today, CEI issued another of its periodic “worst state attorney general” lists, in a lengthy report explaining why those attorneys general received that dubious distinction. (Previous …
Overlawyered
EEOC: federal law already bans sexual-orientation bias
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on EEOC Llgislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation:…
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Schools Roundup
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on college speech codes: …
The College Fix
First Amendment protections on public college and university campuses
The College Fix cites CEI`s Hans Bader on college speech codes: The title is from Hans Bader’s June 2 statement to the US…