known as NRA v. Vullo, had been tossed out by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, but the unanimous court invalidated the lower court's ruling and sent the case back for further proceedings.
Washington —The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office didn't violate the First Amendment when it refused to register a trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small," saying a federal law prohibiting trademarks that include other people's names does not run afoul ...
Last month, ADFaskedthe U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case and decide “whether a law that censors conversations between counselors and clients as ‘unprofessional conduct’ violates theFree Speech Clause.” Now, many groups, including the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the ...
justices seemed skeptical of a ruling that would broadly restrict the government's communications with social media platforms, raising concerns about hamstringing officials' ability to communicate with platforms about certain matters."Some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps ...
The case could be important for how the Supreme Court determines whether the speech at issue belongs to private individuals or the government. Eleven states are supporting Texas because they fear that a ruling against the state would call into question license plates that promote national and ...
daughter's First Amendment rights. A federal district court in Pennsylvania sided with Levy and ordered her to be reinstated to the team. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, finding the Supreme Court's landmark ruling inTinker v. Des Moinesdoesn't apply to off-campus speech. ...
As part of their ruling, the court determined that the description on a posthumous Michael Jackson album cover was indeed commercial speech — not free speech, as lawyers for Sony and Jackson’s estate had argued — and that consumers have a case if false or mislea...
platforms are under separate legal challenges pending before the high court. The industry contends those laws, which seek to tightly regulate the platforms as common carriers, violate the platforms’ First Amendment free-speech rights by curbing their ability to take down or otherwise restrict ...
It’s unclear when the Supreme Court will issue its ruling, but the case’s expedited hearing has some predicting that the court could issue a quick ruling. The case will have “enormous implications” because TikTok’s user base in the U.S. is so large, said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - When gangsta rappers use music to call for harm to specific police officers, they cross the line between protected free speech and terroristic threats and intimidation. That's the ruling of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a 24-page opinion written by Chief Justice Thomas ...