Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Climate Tort Suits

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Climate Tort Suits

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Today the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Sunoco LP v. Honolulu and Shell PLC v. Honolulu, two petitions from oil companies seeking High Court intervention in a state-law-based climate case in Hawaii. Unlike with prior cert denials in climate tort cases, no justice indicated that he or she supported certiorari. On the one hand, this cert denial should not be surprising because, as I have explained, the legal arguments for federal court intervention in these cases is exceedingly weak. The […]

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Second Amendment Roundup: The Court Should Grant Cert in Snope

Second Amendment Roundup: The Court Should Grant Cert in Snope

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Four Second Amendment petitions were distributed for the Court’s conference on Friday January 10.  I just posted on the merits of these cases.  A dramatic development has just occurred showing the dire need for the Court to clarify its jurisprudence in this area.  The best case to do so is Snope v. Brown, which concerns whether Maryland may ban semiautomatic rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes. Here’s the urgency.  Yet another state, Colorado, is about […]

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EFF Statement on Meta’s Announcement of Revisions to Its Content Moderation Processes

EFF Statement on Meta’s Announcement of Revisions to Its Content Moderation Processes

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In general, EFF supports moves that bring more freedom of expression and transparency to platforms—regardless of their political motivation. We’re encouraged by Meta’s recognition that automated flagging and responses to flagged content have caused all sorts of mistakes in moderation. Just this week, it was reported that some of those “mistakes” were heavily censoring LGBTQ+ content. We sincerely hope that the lightened restrictions announced by Meta will apply uniformly, and not just to hot-button U.S. political topics.  Censorship, […]

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