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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. Colorado , which involves the standard for determining when statements are “true threats” that are not protected by the First Amendment. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. a singer-songwriter based in Colorado.

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Supreme Court rules website designer can deny same-sex couples service

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Share The court handed a major victory to business owners who oppose same-sex marriage for religious reasons on Friday. He explained that Colorado cannot “force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance.”

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Are You in an Anti-Free Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List

JonathanTurley

Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens. Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the challenge facing the Supreme Court in the coming week over the electoral disqualification of former president Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine. The appeal in Maine has been filed and can now work its way up to the Court. Colorado is expected to file with the Court this week.

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Tennessee Coach Sues After Being Fired For Tweet Insulting Stacey Abrams

JonathanTurley

District Court of Tennessee. For example, Harvard Professor Lawrence Tribe (who President Biden just put on the Supreme Court commission) has routinely used juvenile and vulgar attacks against academics and political figures with opposing views, including myself. Tribe called Senator Mitch McConnell a “ flagrant dickhead! ”

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Was Overturning Roe a “Blessing”? Only if Democrats Can Avoid the Details of the Right to Abortion

JonathanTurley

It is the same approach that the President took during the last presidential campaign where he simply refused to state his position on court packing until after the election. Those words from a Democratic political consultant refer to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. In Dobbs v. Kansas Gov.

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