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Hate Speech
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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
VDARE’s Hate Speech Precludes Its Tax Exemption
Yesterday, I posted about VDARE Foundation, Inc. v. Letitia James, a NY federal district court action revolving around VDARE's bumbling private inurement and excess benefit transactions. To recap, a 501(c)(3)…
PrawfsBlawg
(Still) more on the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” and FIRE.
Main Thursday, May 25, 2023(Still) more on the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" and FIRE.Howard has suggested, in some recent posts (here and here) that there is some inconsistency between FIRE's…
Religion Clause
European Court Upholds Politician’s Conviction for Failing to Remove Third Party Hate Speech from His Facebook Page
In Sanchez v. France, (ECHR, May 15, 2023), the European Court of Human Rights by a vote of 13-4 in a Grand Chamber judgment upheld France's conviction of a candidate for…
Religion Clause
7th Grader Sues Over School’s Hate Speech Dress Code
Suit was filed yesterday in a Massachusetts federal district court challenging the Middleborough school district's Dress Code which provides:Clothing must not state, imply, or depict hate speech or imagery that…
SDNY Blog
Judge Carter Enjoins New York’s New Online Hate Speech Law on First Amendment Grounds
In an opinion Tuesday, Judge Carter issued an injunction against New York’s newly-enacted online hate speech law (see our prior coverage here). The law would require social media platforms to…
Religion Clause
European Court Upholds France’s Conviction of Journalist for Inciting Anti-Muslim Hatred
In Zemmour v. France, (EDHR, Dec. 20, 2022) (full text of decision in French), the European Court of Human Rights upheld France's conviction of a journalist for inciting discrimination and religious…
PrawfsBlawg
AntiJewishness: Societal or Individual
Main Sunday, December 18, 2022AntiJewishness: Societal or IndividualRob Eshman is on to something. We miss something when we amplify individual antisemitic acts or statements but ignore the broader context or…
SDNY Blog
Judge Carter to Hold Hearing Next Week on Whether to Enjoin New York’s New Online Hate Speech Law
Judge Carter will hold a preliminary injunction hearing next week in a case challenging, on First Amendment grounds, a new New York law (N.Y. Gen. Bus. L. § 394-ccc) that…
The Right Coast
Free speech culture, Elon Musk, and Twitter | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
The White House is free to make the argument that Twitter should police misinformation and hate speech on its platform. But it has no legal basis to say that Twitter…
Religion Clause
New Zealand Court OK’s Hate Speech Law That Does Not Cover LGBTQ Victims
In Hoban v. Attorney General, (NZ HC, Dec. 5, 2022), a New Zealand High Court, reviewing a decision of the Human Rights Review Tribunal, held that New Zealand's hate speech law…