FAC argued the court should hear the case because a lower court incorrectly decided that the California Public Records Act does not authorize a court to issue any remedy beyond ordering disclosure of specific records, including but not limited to a finding that the agency failed to make an adequate search for records.
Jewish college students are complaining that some in pro-Palestinian protests are calling for violence against them. Administrators are under pressure to stifle these calls while reserving free expression on campus. (The New York Times, December 17, 2023, by Vimal Patel and anna Betts) Professor Michael Berube and Jennifer Ruth in The New Republic, December 18, 2023, argue that university presidents should not shoulder the burden of differentiating between hate speech and free speech. They recommend
Five U.S. Senators wrote President Joe Biden on December 15 to ask him to redouble efforts to protect journalists covering the war in Palestine, to protect their lives and to pressure Israel and Egypt to allow journalists to report freely and safely from the war zone.
Briefs filed in two cases before the Supreme Court that challenge Florida and Texas laws that regulate social media platforms argue that the Laws violate the First Amendment. Clay Calvert in AEIdeas, December 13, 2023, writes “The briefs vividly and comprehensively demonstrate the statutes’ numerous flaws and patent unconstitutionality by invoking multiple doctrines, principles, and concepts: chilling effect, compelled speech, content discrimination, editorial discretion, history and tradition, overinclusiveness, right not to speak, speaker discrimination, strict
Elon Musk’s platform X is enabling antisemitic posts to reach the mainstream from their origins on the fringe site 4chan. Among the AI generated hate memes was a post showing Taylor Swift in a Nazi uniform sliding a Jewish man into an oven. (The Washington Post, December 14, 2923, by Will Oremus)