Obama irony alert: The Supreme Court should be above politics; New Jersey court: Distributing vulgar flyer about coworker and wife not criminal ‘harassment’; Russian bill would bar speech that injures the ‘honor and dignity’ of the Russian president; Appellate argument today as to the order that Eron Gjoni ‘not . . . post any further information’ about Zoë Quinn; Emory University Open Expression committee issues broadly speech-protective opinion;     Obama irony alert: The Supreme Court should be above politics President Obama, who has engaged in more direct political combat with the Supreme Court than any president since FDR, says that the Supreme Court should be above politics. By David Bernstein  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   New Jersey court: Distributing vulgar flyer about coworker and wife not criminal ‘harassment’ Otherwise, "criminal harassment would curb speech ranging from a person submitting a Facebook post excoriating an ex-lover for cheating, to the creation of offensive political flyers criticizing a city council member." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Russian bill would bar speech that injures the ‘honor and dignity’ of the Russian president Lovely. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Appellate argument today as to the order that Eron Gjoni ‘not . . . post any further information’ about Zoë Quinn The Gamergate-related First Amendment case has acquired some extra procedural twists. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Emory University Open Expression committee issues broadly speech-protective opinion "Assuming for the sake of argument that some content on the Wall violated the values of civility, respect, diversity, inclusion, or community ... none of this would trump Community members’ 'fundamental right to open expression' ...." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Fact Checker Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up »         Share The Volokh Conspiracy:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for updates from The Volokh Conspiracy blog. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071