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Recently, there has been considerable debate over whether President Obama should run against the Supreme Court as part of his reelection campaign. Read more about Why Obama Should Run Against the Supreme Court
Daily/Journal Op/Ed
The first part of this article outlined the mechanics of the Megaupload website, and the novel questions of criminal inducement on which the government's indictment is premised. Here, we explore two more extensions of existing law on which the indictment is based, and the impact this prosecution is likely to have on Internet innovators and users alike. Read more about Megaupload Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 2
Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-based website Megaupload.com. New Zealand law enforcement agents swooped in by helicopter to arrest founder Kim Dotcom at his home outside of Auckland, and seized millions of dollars worth of art, vehicles and real estate. Six other Megaupload employees were also arrested. Meanwhile, the Justice Department seized Megaupload's domain names and the data of at least 50 million users worldwide. Read more about Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1
Free Speech Architecture: Normative Aspects (#8). From article in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Free Speech Architecture: Normative Aspects (#8)
Free Speech Architecture: Universal Access to Speech Spaces (#7): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Free Speech Architecture: Universal Access to Speech Spaces (#7)
Distinguishing Magarian’s “Ought” from Ammori’s “Ought”: A blog post in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Distinguishing Magarian’s “Ought” from Ammori’s “Ought”
Free Speech Architecture: Spaces for National & Local Speech (#6): An article in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Free Speech Architecture: Spaces for National & Local Speech (#6)
Free Speech Architecture: Access for Diverse & Antagonistic Sources (#5): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Free Speech Architecture: Access for Diverse & Antagonistic Sources (#5)
Free Speech Architecture – Legislated Spaces (#4): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Free Speech Architecture – Legislated Spaces (#4)
Free Speech Architecture – Baseline Spaces for Speech (#3): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. Read more about Free Speech Architecture – Baseline Spaces for Speech (#3)
