Matt Bunker
@bunkdog.bsky.social
Semi-retired media law professor (but still publishing!). Interests include free speech, defamation, intellectual property, the nightmare that is originalism, SoCal foodie spots, wine, cats, music, film, books, and poker.
Justice Kagan wins the award for the most hilarious self-citation in her dissent in the online porn case today: “See (sorry) E. Kagan, Private Speech,
Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First
Amendment Doctrine, 63 U. Chi. L. Rev. 413, 491–505
(1996).”
Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First
Amendment Doctrine, 63 U. Chi. L. Rev. 413, 491–505
(1996).”
June 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Justice Kagan wins the award for the most hilarious self-citation in her dissent in the online porn case today: “See (sorry) E. Kagan, Private Speech,
Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First
Amendment Doctrine, 63 U. Chi. L. Rev. 413, 491–505
(1996).”
Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First
Amendment Doctrine, 63 U. Chi. L. Rev. 413, 491–505
(1996).”
My coauthor Emily and I just published this law review article on free speech minimalism on the Roberts Court. If you'd like to give it a glance, it can be downloaded at this link:
repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_com...
repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_com...
Toxic Minimalism on the “Yolo” Court: The Supreme Court’s Dangerous Muddle In First Amendment and Speech-Adjacent Law
By Matthew D. Bunker and Emily Erickson, Published on 12/01/24
repository.uclawsf.edu
December 14, 2024 at 5:14 AM
My coauthor Emily and I just published this law review article on free speech minimalism on the Roberts Court. If you'd like to give it a glance, it can be downloaded at this link:
repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_com...
repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_com...
Reposted by Matt Bunker
It's ok to take care of yourself.
It's ok to get some rest.
It's ok to become a lonely lighthouse keeper and spend your days cursing the sea and your nights gently going mad as you write an unending novel about ghost cats.
It's ok to get some rest.
It's ok to become a lonely lighthouse keeper and spend your days cursing the sea and your nights gently going mad as you write an unending novel about ghost cats.
November 30, 2024 at 8:37 PM
It's ok to take care of yourself.
It's ok to get some rest.
It's ok to become a lonely lighthouse keeper and spend your days cursing the sea and your nights gently going mad as you write an unending novel about ghost cats.
It's ok to get some rest.
It's ok to become a lonely lighthouse keeper and spend your days cursing the sea and your nights gently going mad as you write an unending novel about ghost cats.
Reposted by Matt Bunker
These Trump Cabinet nominations. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people
November 21, 2024 at 11:40 AM
These Trump Cabinet nominations. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people
Ok, that's quite impressive.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
At 17, She Just Passed the State Bar of California
Sophia Park is believed to be the youngest person to pass the California State Bar Exam, besting the previous record-holder: her older brother, Peter.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Ok, that's quite impressive.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
Super interesting (and depressing) article on academic fraud:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Super interesting (and depressing) article on academic fraud:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Reposted by Matt Bunker
