• Venezuela files suit in U.S. against American website, Dolar Today, that is critical of its currency policies [George Selgin]
• Michigan: “Felony prosecution for distributing pro-jury-nullification leaflets outside courthouse” [Eugene Volokh, earlier here, here, etc.] More: Judge tosses Denver D.A.’s attempt to jail jury nullification pamphleteers [Jacob Sullum, earlier]
• Federal agencies should not get to decide for themselves whether they’re violating the First Amendment [Ilya Shapiro, Cato on cert petition in POM Wonderful v. Federal Trade Commission]
• “After all, a wall can be built around many things, but not around the First Amendment.” One election lawyer’s response to cease/desist letter from Donald Trump [Chris Cillizza/Washington Post, letter courtesy Politico]
• Court in Turkey considering a doctor’s comparison of Turkish President Erdogan with “Lord of Rings” character Gollum, and the results are preciousss [Sarah McLaughlin, Popehat]
• Update on climatologist Michael Mann’s defamation suit, still in progress [Jonathan Adler, earlier]
• Attacks on the right to speak one’s mind are multiplying. Would better civics education help? [George Leef, Forbes]

Filed under: administrative law, Donald Trump, First Amendment, free speech, jury nullification, nastygrams, Turkey