I hope you had an outstanding Burrito Day. You may have wondered why a burrito is called "little donkey" in Spanish. I most certainly did.
The story goes something like this: Great Mexican hero Juan Méndez, a street vendor in Chihuahua, invented the burrito in the 1910's by wrapping food in flour tortillas to keep it warm. He then went on to transport his creation on his small donkey, or burrito.
There are other theories for the creation of burritos, according to the Encyclopedia of Latino Culture. But what matters most is that whether they are traditional or fusion, burritos are a fantastic on-the-go meal. On with the update:
Media Ownership. The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, in FCC v. Prometheus, letting the FCC proceed with relaxing obsolete media cross-ownership restrictions. As we explained, the ruling is a rebuke to a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that has been blocking reform, in decision after decision, for 17 years. TechFreedom filed an amicus brief in the case. Corbin’s tweets celebrating the decision were quoted in the broadcast trades (paywall).
Section 230. Berin debated Eugene Volokh, one of America’s leading free speech scholars, on the constitutionality of forcing websites to carry content they find objectionable in an event hosted by the Federalist Society’s Southern Florida Lawyers chapter. Read more of Berin’s arguments in our two recent Lawfare essays. More on Twitter.
Free Speech. We also filed an amicus brief this week, in (as it happens) the Third Circuit, in defense of a rightwing provocateur’s First Amendment right to tweet snarky things about unionization without running afoul of federal labor law.
“Big Tech.” Berin and Asheesh addressed the UIC John Marshall Law School’s student chapter of the Federalist Society on “Big Tech Corruption: Section 230/Antitrust.” Berin discussed the case law surrounding Section 230 and the First Amendment, as well as recent legislative developments. Asheesh provided an overview of the antitrust laws, policy concerns about Big Tech, and recent developments in the courts and legislatures.
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