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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

Missouri does not appear to have a formal retraction law, but it is still considered a necessary step. If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. It shows an affirmative decision to stand by the story.

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Torching Free Speech: Republican Candidate in Missouri is Running as a Book Burner

JonathanTurley

Now there is a GOP candidate for Secretary of State in Missouri, Valentina Gomez, who is literally running on a book burning platform. These books come from a Missouri Public Library. Gomez posed a video of herself on X using a flamethrower to burn a stack of library books about the LGBTQ+ community.

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SCOTUS Considers Pair of High-Profile First Amendment Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Missouri , the justices addressed when the federal government’s efforts to influence social media sites’ content-moderation decisions may run afoul of the First Amendment. Missouri In Murthy v. The post SCOTUS Considers Pair of High-Profile First Amendment Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

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But the Convention came together to declare that equal rights, including rights for women and LGBTQ+ people, should be a fundamental value of American constitutional law. Reaching 76 votes is a substantial hurdle, so the fact we were able to come to that consensus on four topics shows the hunger for reform and democracy.

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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Court first addressed the threshold issue of standing, concluding that at least Missouri had the right to challenge the student loan forgiveness program. MOHELA could no longer service those closed accounts, costing it, by Missouri’s estimate, $44 million a year in fees…The plan’s harm to MOHELA is also a harm to Missouri.”

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

JonathanTurley

The 5th Circuit previously ruled in Missouri v. 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. Biden–New York et al. Amicus Br.

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Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Missouri , involves a federal rule requiring all health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are eligible for a medical or religious exemption. . The post Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.