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Instapundit and Professor Bainbridge.
Another letter went out from the American Freedom Campaign, that attempts to differentiate between “Professor” Yoo and “Government Lawyer” Yoo. While a distinction might be made, the wording of the letter, in the comments to my previous post, and the fact that the punishment being requested is firing of “Professor” Yoo, I still feel freedom of speech issues are implicated.
Tags: Chilling Effect, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Speech, Irony
The Park Police apparently feel having a flash mob dance at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is an arrestable offence, even though
The woman who was arrested was stone-sober, wasn’t aggressive or threatening, and the dancers weren’t trespassing—the Memorial is open to the public 24 hours.
I agree with this closing sentence:
In this post 9/11 world, whimsy, frivolity, and any straying from the routine will not be tolerated. Also, never question a cop’s authority.
Request for lawyers to surge to Iraq (WSJ Law Blog). I like how the way to find the job posting is search for “rule of law.”
More on the calls to fire John Yoo (Law.com). I agree with this, from the Dean of the Berkeley law school:
“Assuming one believes as I do that Professor Yoo offered bad ideas and even worse advice during his government service, that judgment alone would not warrant dismissal or even a potentially chilling inquiry[.]”
Now, this is a sad example of lawyering. A science blogger, blogging … Continue Reading
I got an email from the American Freedom Campaign, urging me to send a helpfully pre-printed letter to the University of California, Berkeley demanding that they fire John Yoo.
Welcome to the intersection of rule of law and freedom of speech. I abhor Yoo’s theories and his memo of some repute, they are the antithesis of American jurisprudence and morality, in my humble opinion. But to demand that a man be fired for expressing his deeply, deeply flawed opinions is equally beyond the pale.
Thankfully, I somehow doubt he is getting a lot of traction among the Berkeleyites.
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The Thomas Jefferson Center’s 2008 Muzzle awards for prevention of free speech (via Boing Boing). I personally like the judge who banned all use of “rape” from a sexual assault trial, meaning that “sexual activity” served for both consensual and non-consensual.
50 Cent sued for pushing gangster lifestyle (AP via Digg). A 14 year old was assualted by members of “Fiddie’s” entourage, and he is suing the rapper … Continue Reading