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Month: July 2019

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First Amendment, News, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

Ninth Circuit Hands Lacey and Larkin a Partial Win in Latest Battle over Seized Assets

Stephen Lemons/July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 /1 Comment

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today vacated a lower court’s order halting a First Amendment challenge by ex-Backpage owners Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin to the federal government’s seizure of millions of…

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News, Sex Trafficking

Fox News: FBI ‘Re-Evaluates’ Annual Roust of Sex Workers

Stephen Lemons/July 29, 2019August 23, 2019 /1 Comment

If a recent Fox News report is correct, the FBI may finally have acknowledged that its massive, annual vice sting, Operation Cross Country, which ostensibly goes after child sex trafficking, has been an unmitigated disaster. The FBI created the law…

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Censorship, Freedom of Speech, News

Berkeley City Council ‘Degenderizes’ Its Language with Echoes of Orwell’s Newspeak

Stephen Lemons/July 23, 2019August 23, 2019 /Leave a comment

It’s no country for old men. Or young men. Or any man.  It’s the People’s Republic of Berkeley, California, where the city council recently played thought police and officially banished gender from all of its public documents. No more he/she…

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Kamala Harris, News, Politics

Kamala Harris Cut Accused Sexual Harasser a Sweet Plea Deal as AG

Stephen Lemons/July 22, 2019July 24, 2019 /Leave a comment

Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris flies her hypocrite flag proudly and often. One recent example: The California senator’s July 18 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she touted her long record as a prosecutor, including her six years as San…

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Backpage, First Amendment, News, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

Ninth Circuit Judges Mull First Amendment Challenge to Seizures of Ex-Backpage Owners’ Assets

Stephen Lemons/July 12, 2019April 11, 2020 /Leave a comment

During a 30-minute hearing in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday, July 9, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals signaled that it would likely send a case involving the seizure of millions of dollars in publishing assets from…

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Backpage, First Amendment, News, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

Ninth Circuit Hears First Amendment Challenge to Feds’ Seizure of Millions from Backpage’s Former Owners

Stephen Lemons/July 8, 2019April 11, 2020 /Leave a comment

Note: Please see update below regarding Tuesday’s hearing. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments at 9 a.m. on July 9 in Pasadena, Calif., on a First Amendment challenge to the federal government’s…

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Backpage, First Amendment, News, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

Judge Delays Trial of Ex-Backpage Owners and Execs Till May 5, 2020

Stephen Lemons/July 3, 2019July 5, 2019 /1 Comment

On Monday, July 1, federal Judge Susan Brnovich ruled against the wishes of prosecutors and in favor of a defense motion to reset the start date for the trial of six ex-Backpage honchos, allowing two newly-appointed defense attorneys an additional…

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           Required Reading

  1. Lacey/Larkin Statement on Trial
  2. Major Points on Lacey/Larkin Case 
  3. The Senate Accused Them of Selling Kids for Sex. The FBI Raided Their Homes. Backpage.com’s Founders Speak for the First Time., Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, 8/21/18.
  4. The War on Backpage.com Is a War on Sex Workers, 38-minute Reason documentary, 6/26/19.
  5. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner’s decision in Backpage v. Dart,11/30/15.
  6. Inside Backpage’s Vicious Battle With the Feds, Christine Biederman, WIRED cover story, 6/18/19.
  7. Feds Bungled Preservation of Server Evidence in U.S. v. Lacey and Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 10/8/2019.
  8. Real Men Get Their Facts Straight, The Village Voice, 6/29/11.
  9. How John and Cindy McCain Came to Hate Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 9/17/18.
  10. Backpage’s Victories in Federal and State Courts, Front Page Confidential, July 11, 2022

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