Twenty students arrested while protesting the Israel-Hamas war Saturday night were denied an emergency motion let them finish their finals and complete their courses.
SAN DIEGO — A federal court in California dismissed the First Amendment lawsuit brought against the Palomar Health District, whose board member sued after she was reprimanded for criticizing the new website’s terms of use agreements, and for talking about it with a local reporter. The court says her speech was not chilled and that she did in fact speak out, in spite of her claims of self-censorship.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Court affirmed the denial of relief to protesters who challenged the constitutionality of a 200-foot buffer area around a courthouse where protest is not allowed to occur. The zone protects the right to a fair trial and keeps jurors, witnesses and others from being obstructed while arriving at or leaving the courthouse. Protesters may still protest outside the buffer, so it does not violate their First Amendment rights.
Police arrested over 100 people, mostly minors, after the Dolores Park Hill Bomb skateboarding event last summer.
The bill is similar to a Texas law, which the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled could be enforced by the Lone Star State.
The justices’ order allows Texas to continue enforcing its anti-porn law requiring websites with adult content to verify a visitor's age.
Edward Odquina wanted a license plate reading "FCKBLM." The city of Honolulu said no. A number of judges have now agreed.
A LGBTQ+ student organization accuses the university's president of violating free speech by cancelling the group's planned drag show fundraiser.
In the switch to electronic filing, the tradition of public access to new court pleadings was undermined by state court clerks all around the nation. Many clerks have now agreed to reinstate traditional access. But far from all.
SAN ANTONIO — A federal court in Texas denied a conservative political group’s motion for an injunction against the city of Kerrville, whose ordinances regulating “peddlers and solicitors” and “electioneering” allegedly violate the First Amendment. The suing organization and its members did not show the city had specific plans to engage in proscribed conduct, so they lack standing to receive an injunction or restraining order.
A conservative nonprofit in Colorado lost an appeal of its claim that the state’s additions to the titles of its ballot initiatives compelled private speech.
