Wilson Freeman

Attorney at @PacificLegal, Buffalo Bills fan, views are my own.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

Sometimes, do read the comments

[Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky]

People who call the cops on kids playing outside are ruining childhood.

It's not just the Virginia case we've all heard about.

Our data at @FamStudies shows that CPS-calling shapes childhood freedom in profound ways!

[Robert Thomas www.inversecondemnation.com @invcondemnation]

A California appellate court has affirmed the trial court's invalidation of San Francisco's voter-approved "vacancy tax," which subjected owners who declined to rent their vacant properties to punishing yearly tax increases up to $20,000. Details soon on https://t.co/vQ0Jg9PDH1

[Michael P Gibson @William_Blake]

Everyone step aside! It’s Captain Regulatory Capture here to save us

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@TheZvi The two top companies in a concentrated market agreeing not to compete on capabilities can allow catchup by those outside the cartel, but given their lead, probably only if the cartel allows it.

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@tszzl It depends on your goals. Capping output and capping R&D spend are both classic cartel tactics.

[Robert Thomas www.inversecondemnation.com @invcondemnation]

Ripped from the headlines: If I ever worry that we've run out of real-life situations that would be good final exam hypos for our @WMLawSchool Land Use class, fear not: local officials will always guarantee there's something. Exhibit A:

Owner converts backyard swimming pool into koi pond by (wait for it) ... stocking it with koi. Code officials insist it remains a swimming pool, and fine her $500 per day for maintaining a swimming pool filled with unclear water, and fish. Owner appeals, because a swimming pool is defined in the Code as "any structure, located in a residential area, that is intended for swimming..." (and her intent was to not swim in it, but raise koi).

Court refused to defer to city's interpretation of the Code, concluding that "Ms. Donnelly's koi pond, though formerly a swimming pool, was not currently a swimming pool..."

More to come on https://t.co/A9Axu5GzUy shortly.

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@AdamHarstad I thought this was a wonderful article. Your pieces always give me much to think about but this was in a different category.

[Adam Harstad @AdamHarstad]

My favorite piece I’ve written since October 21, 2017.

I’m always tremendously grateful Footballguys lets me do shit like this (and try not to test their patience by doing more than a one or two a year.)

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@Nate_Tice Maye will improve but I’m looking forward to the self-flagellation on Doubs v. Wandale when Robinson goes 7 for 50 on Sunday.

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@ethanwb Wasn't this the attempt with the She Hulk show? I did not watch, but my understanding is this was touched on. I would also love this; we should just start a blog series. I had a lot to say to my wife about the judge's and police's conduct in E2 of Lanterns, for example...

[Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️ @PacificLegal]

Oregon's HB 2688 tells factories in other states and other countries what wages to pay, just because their modular components might end up on a state public project. We’re suing on behalf of Modular Building Institute to stop Oregon from regulating labor outside of its borders.

[Paul Sherman @PaulMSherman]

.@VolokhC flags an important new Third Circuit decision about the First Amendment and medical licensing. The opinion gets some VERY important things right. But I think it also makes a major historical mistake. Here’s a long, wonky🧵.

https://t.co/mTvIRF48R5

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@ethanwb @justinamash I never thought I would see Justin Amash advocating straightforward local nimbyism. Trump can polarize anyone into anything.

[Alison Somin @AlisonSomin]

I should write a substantive response to the Washington Post piece titled "How 'colorblind Constitution' went from conservative notion to legal pillar" but am having trouble getting past that wild headline.

[Eric W. @EWess92]

I agree. Louisiana v. Callais is one of the recent victories for our "colorblind Constitution" and it is well worth celebrating. Along with SFFA v. Harvard, Mirabelli v. Bonta (parental rights) and Wolford v. Lopez (Second Amendment). Big wins for civil rights! More to come!

[Jack Brown @JEBrownLiberty]

Excellent opportunity for a libertarian attorney!

[tedfrank @tedfrank]

If there was evidence that the intent of banning Utah applicants was to exclude LDS, it would be a straightforward discrimination case, and disparate impact would be irrelevant.

Every hypothetical about need for disparate impact nonsense isn’t actually a disparate impact case.

[Wilson Freeman @WilsonCFreeman]

@AlisonSomin I use "Following" tab exclusively, sorted by recent, and I liberally use muted words, and unfollowing accounts that are off my interests. The way to beat the algorithm is to avoid it. Otherwise, it will inevitably prey on our attention, to our detriment.

[Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️ @PacificLegal]

California's SB 54 forces venture capital firms to collect information from their founders about their race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation — then report it all for the State to publish. We’re representing @1517fund in a lawsuit to stop it.