Arkansas Constitutional Law Court 
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. In NAACP v. Recently, the U.S.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
We recently discussed a federal court ruling that the Texas law requiring age verification and warning for porn sites was unconstitutional. Now, Judge Timothy Brooks in Arkansas has found that another state law imposing age verification requirements for social media violates the First Amendment. In Netchoice, LLC v.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The court acknowledged that “[s]ocial media magnify the potential for a speaker’s innocent words to be misunderstood.”
JonathanTurley
JULY 7, 2022
Many Republican leaders have been speaking of absolute or near absolute bans on abortion, as reflected in states like Arkansas with only limited exceptions for the life of the mother. Indeed, while Democratic leaders denounced the Mississippi law setting a 15-week limit on abortion, 72 percent of those polled support that limit.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
However, that is not the only motivation for runoff laws, and it is not the value in their continued use. In Arkansas, the majority rule for primaries was challenged on the same grounds of being racially motivated and maintained by the state.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 2, 2023
” Those words from President Joe Biden were his response to the Supreme Court reaffirming the individual rights under the Second Amendment in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Now, Hunter Biden could be arguing against some of these laws as unconstitutional under a more expansive view of the Second Amendment.
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