"As recently as 2019, the Supreme Court reasoned 'a private entity can qualify as a state actor,' subject to First Amendment protections, under three circumstances. See Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck (2019). >
2019).
* "'When the private entity performs a traditional, exclusive public function,' see Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. (1974);
*"'When the government compels the private entity to take a particular action,' see Blum v. Yaretsky, (1982); or >
*"'When the government acts jointly with the private entity." See Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. (1982)."
This is what the wise guys commenting on this thread - unsurprisingly - seem to not know when they say, "Muh private company" <>
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Today the New York Supreme Court dismissed the "toddlers meme" lawsuit for "misappropriation" against our client Carpe Donktum (Logan Cook) drive.google.com/file/d/1l1kM8l…
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another >
> and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. >
> We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. >
"SCOTUS, in a 6-3 opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that divided the court along ideological lines, upheld a pair of Arizona election rules that prohibit third parties from collecting mail-in ballots and disallow votes cast in the wrong precinct" wsj.com/articles/supre…
Important excerpts (from the official syllabus):
"Section 2 of the VRA provides vital protection against discriminatory voting rules . . . §2 does not transfer the States’ authority to set non-discriminatory voting rules to the federal courts" >
"Having to identify one’s polling place and then travel there to vote does not exceed the 'usual burdens of voting.' . . .
"A procedure that appears to work for 98% or more of voters to whom it applies—minority and non-minority alike—[does not] render a system unequally open" >
A lot of the people you've heard about the FBI using as informants or trying to use as informants have been in contact with me regarding legal representation over the last couple of years. Names you know.
I have not taken any of them on. But: >
These are the ones we're hearing about.
Do I have any reason to believe anyone I did take on as a client is or was approached by the FBI, or is in fact with the FBI?
No, I have specific reason to think so. But: >
Does this practice by the FBI chill the process whereby I communicate with prospective clients, or accept them as clients? How about the lawlessness of federal law enforcement and intelligence organs & the heedlessness of the federal judiciary to attorney-client privilege? >