In afriend-of-the-court brieffiled with the Supreme Court, the attorneys general from red states argue that while the case presents a "delicate" constitutional question, it is about "nonthreatening, non-harassing, off-campus student speech." "This Court should not be tempted to turn this case...
Recent Supreme Court decisions support the proposition that Congress can regulate programming...Wallace, Jonathan DUsa Today Magazine
The legal battle is one of five that the Supreme Court is considering this term that stand at the intersection of the First Amendment's free speech protections and social media. It was also the first of two that the justices heard Monday that involves alleged jawboning, or informal pressure b...
In short: This Supreme Court ruling could decide the fate of free speech on the internet as we know it. Which social media platforms does this cover? That's kind of confusing, and even the justices aren't sure. It seems like it definitely covers sites likeFacebook,Instagram,Reddit, andX...
In a narrow ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the district’s discipline of B.L. was a violation of the student’s First Amendment Rights. However, the Court left the door open for school officials to regulate off-campus speech...
The Supreme Court’s trio of unanimous arbitration decisions outline three areas in which district courts retain jurisdiction over arbitration disputes. The rulings reflect the outer limits of a multi-decade trend in which the Supreme Court has consistently issued arbitration-friendly decisions, encouragi...
then even if the state court gave the wrong intepretation to the federal clause, there would be no reason for the feds to hear it–even if they overturned the state court ruling on the federal takings provision, the state court ruling against the ...
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 19, 2000, ruled (6–3) that a Texas school board policy that allowed “student-led, student-initiated prayer” before varsity high-school football games was a viola
discriminated against. Stevens was usually a strong defender of free speech, though he vigorously dissented from the court’s 1989 ruling inTexasv.Johnsonthat flag burning is protected under theFirst Amendment. Although he coauthored the majority opinion inJurekv.Texas(1976), which reinstated the ...
The Supreme Court says a 35-foot no-protest zone around clinics that perform abortions is unconstitutional. Left unsaid in the 30-page ruling issued Thursday in a Massachusetts case was that the court itself has tight restrictions on where those seeking to assert their free speech rights can and...