Trump v. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Likely Going Nowhere

Trump v. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Likely Going Nowhere

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Yesterday’s Complaint in this case essentially alleges that CBS’s editing of the 60 Minutes Harris interview was “false, deceptive, or misleading,” and thus a violation of Texas’s consumer protection law. But states generally can’t impose liability for misleading or even outright false political speech. To quote the Washington Court of Appeals in WASHLITE v. Fox News, where plaintiff unsuccessfully sued Fox for allegedly false statements about COVID, [T]he Supreme Court in U.S. v. Alvarez (2012) disavowed the principle that false […]

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Disaster Relief and Foreign Aid

Disaster Relief and Foreign Aid

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The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 through November 30) has so far resulted in 15 tropical storms, 10 of which became hurricanes (winds exceeding 73 mph), and four of which were classified as major hurricanes (category 3, 4, or 5 — with winds over 110 mph). Many residents of North Carolina, Florida, and other southern states are still recovering from the devasting effects of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Many Americans, especially Republicans and conservatives, have been […]

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How to think about free trade, tariffs and economic warfare as an intelligent adult

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Say Atlantis and Borealis are two countries that trade with each other. Both have their own unique demographic and cultural traits – such as population size, age, education level and distribution, as well as history, customs, etc. They also have their own territorial aspects – their landscape features, climate, soil and relative distance to other markets, availability or access to natural resources, capacity and quality of basic infrastructure, etc. None of these attributes change very fast, but nearly […]

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