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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In i...

Techdirt•about 2 hours ago

Fifth Circuit Looks Like It’s Ready To Roll Back Its Decision Recognizing Due Process Rights For Migrants

Well, it was fun while it lasted. And even while it still (theoretically) lasts, it’s really nothing...

Techdirt•about 4 hours ago

California Steps Back From Dangerous Expansion of its Age-Gating Law

The California legislature has stepped back from a plan that would have expanded its age-gating law,...

Electronic Frontier Foundation•about 5 hours ago

Rubio Wanted To Ban ‘Censors’ From Entering The US. A Court Says He’s The One Censoring.

Last year, the Marco Rubio-run State Department announced that it would start denying visas to peopl...

Techdirt•about 6 hours ago

Daily Deal: Opusonix Pro Subscription

Opusonix is the workflow-first platform built for music producers and engineers who are tired of end...

Techdirt•about 6 hours ago

New York’s Ban on the Future

Governor Kathy Hochul’s data-center ban will hurt New Yorkers and help foreign adversaries—while sti...

The Free Press•about 6 hours ago

The Death of History

The tools that once exposed and debunked Holocaust denial are powerless against AI and the algorithm...

The Free Press•about 6 hours ago

🚫 Don't Let Congress Age-Gate the Internet | EFFector 38.13

The effort to age gate the internet is back in Washington—and now it has a new name. Recently passed...

Electronic Frontier Foundation•about 7 hours ago

Kash Patel Continues To Draw Heat For His Exorbitant Spending Habits

Donald Trump believes that being elected president means he should never be challenged, never be ask...

Techdirt•about 7 hours ago

“Get Lit” with Matt Taibbi and Brad Pearce - Livestream, 4:30 ET

A recording from Monday's live video

Racket News•about 9 hours ago

NYC Passes Click To Cancel Rules As Lina Khan Lives On

In late 2024 the Biden FTC under Lina Khan passed new “click to cancel” rules that made it easier to...

Techdirt•about 11 hours ago

Death by Telehealth. Plus. . .

Douglas Murray on the travails of a gay cruise ship in the Middle East. Tyler Cowen on ‘AI maniacs.’...

The Free Press•about 14 hours ago

RFK Jr. Cut Funding For FoodNet, Making It Harder To Figure Out Why You’re Shitting Yourself Uncontrollably

Are you currently pooping yourself uncontrollably and want to know why? Well, the CDC made that slig...

Techdirt•about 21 hours ago

Death by Telehealth

Hospitals say remote critical care helps bedside physicians. Critics argue it has quietly replaced t...

The Free Press•about 22 hours ago

Douglas Murray: How a Gay Cruise Got Stuck Between Islam and the West

‘Right-wing governments’ aren’t the reason Egypt and Turkey rejected gay travelers. But many Western...

The Free Press•about 24 hours ago

A Third Trump Impeachment? Some Democrats Aren’t So Sure.

From cryptocurrency deals to the Iran war, many Democrats believe Trump has crossed a clear boundary...

The Free Press•1 day ago

Paramount Falsely Threatens To Leave California After State Challenges Merger

Paramount is now threatening California regulators that they’ll be taking their ball and going home...

Techdirt•1 day ago

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