Court Refuses to Revive Student Speech Case
The Supreme Court has refused to revive a case in which a high school student’s speech was halted because it contained religious themes. The high court refused to hear an appeal from Erica Corder on Monday. Erica was punished in 2006 for her speech at the Lewis-Palmer High School graduation ceremony. Her speech was screened [...]
Supreme Court Rejects Case Involving Religious Speech Delivered at Shcool
A student who complained that her constitutional right to free speech was violated when a school turned her microphone off during her graduation speech, will not be able to bring her case to the Supreme Court. A federal appeals court had already ruled against valedictorian Brittany McComb of Henderson, Nev. who challenged the actions of [...]
Booksellers say Law Protecting Kids Goes Too Far
The Supreme Court of Ohio heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that pitted defenders of online child protection against advocates of free speech. This is one of the longest-running cases that wrestles with how states protect minors from pornography and predators on the internet without stepping on the rights of adults. Two federal laws [...]
Lawsuit Opposes California DNA Sampling Law
Two citizens of California are challenging a state law that requires authorities to take a sample of DNA from every person arrested for or chared with a felony. Elizabeth Haskell of Oakland and Reginald Ento of Sacramento say that the DNA collection violates constitutional guarantees of privacy and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. Proposition [...]
Free Speech Ain’t Free #$%*@
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
On Tuesday, October 7, 2009, lawyers for both sides argued before the United States Supreme Court whether Congress can outlaw videos showing dogs fighting or other small animals being tortured and killed. The law in question made it a crime to sell videos with scenes of animal cruelty, and was intended to apply only to [...]
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