We won't know the answer for some time. I suspect the drain will be relatively small, if we focus on abortion bans, as such. But it may get larger if anti-abortion laws end up having substantial negative side-effects on other activities.
A Florida woman has been threatened with fines for giving tips without the proper occupational licensing.
The search warrant and some related materials have been unsealed—but the affidavit is where the details on the justifications for the search would be, and the government says this has to remain secret, at least for now.
The law has been abused to prosecute citizens for reasons other than spying. But there are better examples than Trump to highlight problems.
Plus: The editors reaffirm free speech absolutism in the wake of the recent attack on Salman Rushdie.
San Francisco port officials seized copies of Howl and Other Poems in 1957, accusing publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti of obscenity.
The U.S. shouldn't import British defamation law, no matter how much Donald Trump would like to.
And the Kansas Supreme Court may well be on your side.
We should be skeptical of some Democrats' newfound embrace of "freedom" until they abandon freedom-restricting policies.
Media "fact-checkers" are taking administration promises at face value and using them to bludgeon Republicans.
This comes in a false light lawsuit by the family of former National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, whom CNN had labeled “QAnon followers.”
The Texas gubernatorial candidate's interpretation reflects his assumption that opponents of "assault weapon" bans don't care about murdered schoolchildren.
That's illegal, says a new suit filed on Thursday.
The Clovis Community College policy bans "posters with inappropriate or offense [sic] language or themes."
Plus: Americans want to vote on abortion, why the housing crisis has gone national, and more...
A publishing company ironically removed the original version of the Ray Bradbury novel depicting mass media censorship.
Legal history before 1900 provides no support for licensing or training mandates for keeping an arm at home
It is hard to see how, given the contortions required to deliver the unilateral prohibition that Donald Trump demanded.
The 'conscious capitalism' innovator on overregulation, COVID mandates, and why he will be speaking his mind much more freely when he retires.
However this denominational divorce plays out, theology around same-sex relationships isn’t the only thing driving Methodists apart.
A mother-daughter arrest in Nebraska was fueled in part by unencrypted Facebook messages police accessed through a warrant.
The innocuously-titled Online Safety Bill threatens citizens' rights to privacy and to speak freely.
"The 2021 Request seeks information that may inform the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means as to the efficacy of the Presidential Audit Program, and therefore, was made in furtherance of a subject upon which legislation could be had."
The Justice Department says that policy is rational and consistent with the right to keep and bear arms.
The department claims that the ban, which provides no exceptions for medical emergencies, violates existing federal law.
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The Delaware DMV recalled Kari Overington’s plate over “perceived profanity.” Now the ACLU is helping her take on the state.
An 1849 state law bans abortion in nearly all cases. The candidates disagree over whether it should be enforced.
Tampa top prosecutor Andrew Warren pledged to not prosecute women seeking abortions and those pursuing gender-affirming health care.
So holds a federal district court, also stressing that "this case does not involve banning books": "A school district does not 'ban' a book when ... it 'decides not to continue possessing [a] book on its own library shelves.'"
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