The slippery slope risks created by upholding SB 8 threaten a vital constitutional principle - one far more important than any considerations on the other side. That is sufficient reason to rule against Texas in this case.
The government had tried to shut down the 200-acre grounds for two months (including during a special session of the Legislature) for tree decoration.
The anti-Biden slogan is clearly protected by the First Amendment.
Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.
The investigation of Trump aide Carter Page has exposed major problems with federal secret surveillance warrants.
Universities should not compel professors to affirm their belief of contested values
for saying "LGBTQ+" "Pride" message is "against our biblical doctrine."
That can't be constitutional.
"Outside activities that may pose a conflict of interest to the executive branch of the State of Florida create a conflict for the University of Florida," said the university in a statement.
denial of access to government property, even in a "nonpublic forum" or "limited public forum"
The grandmaster and human rights activist talks about the lessons the world—especially American democratic socialists—must remember three decades after communism's collapse.
"This is not just an obvious constitutional infringement—it's hard to imagine a more textbook violation of the First Amendment."
A majority of the Court voiced skepticism about the state’s conceal-carry licensing scheme.
The Die Hard 2 Principle makes a special appearance.
The Pennsbury School Board is not only chilling speech, but also editing out community members’ critiques of the school board from YouTube videos of their meetings.
A requirement that professors serving as expert witnesses against the state do so pro bono is still unconstitutional
Even justices who take a dim view of Roe v. Wade recognize the law’s chilling implications.
If Texas' SB 8 subterfuge works, it would be a dangerous road map for attacking other constitutional rights. The slippery slope risks on the other side are minor by comparison.
Privacy advocates applaud the move.
Today's Supreme Court oral argument suggests they will get the votes of six or more justices. If so, it will be a crucial victory for judicial protection of all constitutional rights, not just abortion rights.
Denver cops received qualified immunity after performing a warrantless search of a man’s tablet and trying to delete a video he took of them beating a suspect.
The justice grilled a Texas official over the implications of his state’s abortion law.
Or for that matter to women, to unmarried women, or to women based on age, race, national origin, religion, citizenship (other-"natural-born" or otherwise), and the like?
"This is fantastic progress in understanding childhood as the right time for children to learn to recognize and mitigate risk."
Do Americans have a right to know the extent that the government surveils them?
The university's effort to suppress expert testimony in a lawsuit against the state is contrary to academic freedom and the First Amendment
The Firearms Policy Coalition amicus brief offers a simple and effective way to neuter the threat to judicial review posed by SB 8.
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