As first reported by Chris Bray, Boston College has filed a notice of appeal in the Belfast Project Case. The appeal is from Judge Young’s order of January 20, the order on the second subpoena. So it seems ever clearer that there will be no appeal from Judge Young’s first order, the order compelling the……

Moloney & McIntyre filed their brief with the First Circuit on Friday. Because the brief does not really break any new ground, I don’t review it in detail other than to repeat my view that whatever the merits of the First Amendment issues raised in the case, Moloney & McIntyre lack standing, and the appeal……

There are hints of new developments in the Belfast Project case in an article published yesterday in The Heights, a student newspaper at BC. First, BC’s spokesman says that the College is still deciding whether to appeal. This is somewhat surprising to me, given that BC did not seek a stay of the judge’s order.……

Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre have appealed from Judge Young’s decision dismissing their complaint against the government. The First Circuit has indicated that the appeal is to be consolidated, if possible, with the Moloney and McIntyre appeal from the judge’s earlier decision denying their motion for leave to intervene in Boston College’s motion to quash.……

Thanks to Chris Bray for the thoughtful post on the Belfast Project case. I want to respond with some thoughts about the law of evidence and the law of civil disobedience that Chris’s comments have prompted. Why It Might Make Sense To Reject An “Oral Historian’s Privilege” I’ve said before that I think the question……