The Growing Case for Revisiting Section 230

Alexander Fried, Law & Public Policy Scholar, JD Anticipated May 2022 What do the following claims have in common? “Nancy Pelosi diverting Social Security money for the impeachment inquiry” “Trump’s grandfather was a pimp and a tax evader; his father was a member of the KKK.” “AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) proposed a motorcycle ban.” First, all of these claims are patently false …

How Granting Cert in New Hampshire v. Massachusetts Could Impact …

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering granting cert on a case that could impact Pennsylvania’s ability to collect income taxes from non-residents and the city of Philadelphia’s ability to continue to apply its “requirement of employment” rule for the city’s wage tax. The Court has asked the acting s

Temple Law Students Get Sneak Peek at Argument in U.S. Supreme Court …

The news reports about Williams v.PA, a locally-based case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of February, may seem like déjà vu to some Temple Law students.That’s because members of the Temple Law faculty hosted a moot for Stuart Lev, the Assistant Federal Defender arguing for the plaintiff, in Temple’s Duane Morris LLP Moot Court Room in mid-February.

Temple Law Democrats, BLSA Host Panel on Gun Rights in Philadelphia

I n the wake of the Parkland shooting, the Temple Law Democrats and the Black Law Students Association hosted a panel of diverse professionals to discuss their unique perspectives on gun violence and to address the critical issue of balancing gun rights and public safety in Philadelphia. Included on the panel were Temple Law professor and civil rights lawyer David Kairys, State Representative …

Railroaded: Should Big Tech be Regulated like 19th Century Railroads …

As is also his wont, Thomas cited a recent law review article on the topic with the hope of injecting the issue into the blood stream of legal discussion, citing Adam Candeub, Bargaining for Free Speech: Common Carriage, Network Neutrality, and Section 230, 22 Yale J.L. & Tech. 391, 398–403 (2020).