Archive for January, 2006

… and sworn in as a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 58-42, somewhat closer than I expected.

This blog has near-daily recipes for libel lawsuits. More »

Here’s one of the cartoons:

In 2003, the Dallas Observer ran a story that identified a man with HIV. The identified person sued under a Texas law that included penalties for those who disclosed the results of HIV tests. More »

It looks like Samuel Alito will be confirmed later today for the U.S. Supreme Court. More »

Google will be censoring a list of topics for Internet users in China. More »

This is a must-read for those studying the regulation of speech and expression. It’s opinion, but it contains reference to important concepts in media law. More »

The alphabet soup of TV mediocrity is thyinning with the merger of Warner Brother’s WB and CBS’s UPN. This is important because FCC rules prohibit the top networks from merging. But CBS still can own secondary networks. More »

The Senate Judiciary Committee has recommended, 10-8 (along a party-line vote), that Judge Samuel Alito be approved as a Supreme Court Justice. More »

New York Times reporter Timothy L. O’Brien reported in TrumpNation that Donald Trump is nowhere near being a millionare. Is that actionable?