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Our Journal of Free Speech Law is faculty-edited, and we have a part-time professional proofreader and bluebooker. Also, because most of our authors are full-time American law professors, they generally have research assistants who do the cite-checking. But some of the time we do need students to help with cite-checking. We’ve been fortunate to have such people helping us over the years, but we’d like to add a couple more as well. I realize that this is not like a normal law review: It will likely involve both less work and less responsibility. On the other hand, you’ll get to…

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 Download Audio. Ken Silva joins Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton on Provoked to discuss his new book on the Trump assassination plots, and more. Ken Silva has been a reporter for more than 10 years, working in places such as the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the United States. Follow him on Twitter @JD_Cashless For more on Scott’s work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott’s other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott’s books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked…

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There are different ways we learn about judges who misbehave. In some cases, we learn about the misconduct after all of the proceeding are complete, and a public reprimand is issued. In other cases, we learn about the misconduct but not the judge who committed the misconduct, following a private reprimand. Such was the case with Judge Ross, although we figured out her identity pretty quickly. And then there are the cases where we learn about the misconduct before the proceedings were completed, or even began. Such is the case with Judge Ryan Nelson of the Ninth Circuit. Eugene blogged…

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An individual familiar with the matter told CoinDesk the stablecoin feature was rolled out to 25% of users already and by the end of the week, all users will have access. What to know: Block’s Cash App has begun rolling out USDC stablecoin payments to about a quarter of its nearly 60 million users, with plans to reach all users by the end of the week. The move marks a major shift for CEO Jack Dorsey, a longtime bitcoin-only advocate, who now acknowledges customer demand for stablecoins despite his ideological reservations. Cash App will support USDC on Solana, Ethereum, Polygon…

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I am happy to pass along this post from Professor Arthur Hellman, concerning Judge Ryan Nelson’s parking lot altercation, which I wrote about here:Over the weekend, Bloomberg Law reported that Judge Ryan D. Nelson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been charged with misdemeanor battery for his actions in an April 2 altercation with a man in a parking lot in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Judge Nelson has also been charged with malicious injury to property – the “property” being the glasses of the other man, which Judge Nelson allegedly knocked off and stomped on. The altercation apparently began…

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Iran fired missiles at Israel in response to the IDF bombing Beirut. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that it will not tolerate violations of the ceasefire and aggression against Lebanon. Tonight, the aggressors received their response,” Mohsen Rezaee, the military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, wrote on X. “This response is a warning to stop their evil; any new action will be met with a more crushing response and heavier costs.” In remarks shortly after the missiles hit Israel, President Donald Trump told Fox News, “What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough. Get back…

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Editor’s note: This is a developing story.  Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel Sunday night following Israeli strikes on Beirut earlier in the day. It was the first Iranian attack on Israel since a ceasefire was declared in April. President Donald Trump told Axios that he would call Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and tell him not to strike back. “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate,” Trump said, using Netanyahu’s nickname. “Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one.” But…

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