Randazza: Vermin Supreme's Pony Horde Rides on Kansas (Popehat Signal Activated)
By Marc J. Randazza My client, Vermin Love Supreme (yes, that is his real name), recently filed to run for Attorney General of Kansas. Supreme[Read More…]
A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure
By Marc J. Randazza My client, Vermin Love Supreme (yes, that is his real name), recently filed to run for Attorney General of Kansas. Supreme[Read More…]
More than a year ago I wrote about how an oil company called SG Interests was harassing a citizen activist for talking about their settlement of an antitrust case. The United States Department of Justice accused SG Interests of bid rigging, and SG Interests settled the case for $275,000. Years later, when SG Interests was[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law Tagged With: Free Speech, SLAPP
Forever the best and most fundamental legal advice.
Filed Under: Law, Politics & Current Events
By Marc J. Randazza The NFL says that players must stand (or remain in the locker room) during the National Anthem. No more "taking a knee." In the same week, Trump lost a case that says that the "interactive space" in his tweets is a "public forum" and thus he can't block people who criticize[Read More…]
The Southern Poverty Law Center has surrendered, completely and unconditionally, in the face of a threatened defamation lawsuit by British activist and politician Maajid Nawaz. That surrender includes a $3.375 million payment to Nawaz "to fund work fighting anti-Muslim bigotry and extremism" and prominent written and video apologies. This is a rout by Nawaz, a[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law, Politics & Current Events Tagged With: Free Speech
For months I've been trying to explain the ups and downs of the tumultuous lawsuit by Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, against President Trump and his ill-chosen lawyer Michael Cohen. They should have sent a poet, but here you are stuck with an irritable prosaist. Yesterday brought a significant new development: Michael Cohen,[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law Tagged With: Lawsplainer, Stormy Daniels Litigation
This week's episode.
Filed Under: Law
By Marc J. Randazza I did not know Anthony Bourdain. But, he was a good friend to a good friend. I'm upset about his death for a few reasons. First, and foremost, a good friend lost a good friend. Selfishly, I always had it as a given that I would have drinks with him one[Read More…]
Filed Under: Life
I am having so much fun with these.
Filed Under: Law
By Marc J. Randazza Masterpiece Cakeshop was supposed to be one of the decisive battles in the war for "religious freedom," or "gay rights" or "free speech," or whatever you wanted it to be. And, yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its opinion. The syllabus to the case might as well have said "we really hope[Read More…]
Filed Under: Effluvia
For a few weeks I've been doing a weekly "bonus" podcast episode of KCRW's Left, Right & Center, discussing each week's legal developments in the world of the Trump Administration with LRC's redoubtable host Josh Barro. It's been fun. Marketplace's studio is two blocks from my office so I can walk over, borrow Kai Ryssdal's[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law