State-Licensed Pot Suppliers Say Federal Prohibition Is Unconstitutional As Applied to Them
A federal lawsuit argues that it is time to reassess the Commerce Clause rationale for banning intrastate marijuana production and distribution.
A federal lawsuit argues that it is time to reassess the Commerce Clause rationale for banning intrastate marijuana production and distribution.
Democrats and Republicans are united in thinking their political agendas trump the First Amendment.
The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.
Several federal judges had expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of penalizing physicians for departing from a government-defined "consensus."
A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could have a chilling impact on constitutionally protected activity.
The decision is another rebuke to states that have imposed broad, location-specific limits on the right to bear arms.
The former president's lawyers argued that even the square footage of his apartment was a "subjective" judgment for which he cannot be held accountable.
Before correcting the record, the former president's spokesman inadvertently implicated him in a federal crime.
The governor's attempt to rule by decree provoked widespread condemnation instead of the applause she was expecting.
Tony Timpa's story shows how far the government goes to prevent victims of abuse from seeking recourse.
The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.
The case is just one example of miscalculations that routinely keep Louisiana prisoners behind bars after they complete their sentences.
A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to "falsely shouting fire in a theatre."
X-Dumpsters owner Steven Hedrick rents roll-away dumpsters to people, but now his city forces residents to contract with the county.
The appeals court ruled that a Facebook post alluding to World War Z was clearly protected by the First Amendment.
Violators are rarely caught, while the unlucky few who face prosecution can go to prison for years.
The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.
Unlike calling Trump's stolen-election fantasy "the Big Lie," his lawyer's statements were demonstrably false assertions of fact.
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The ruling draws back the veil on routine police practices that victimize innocent drivers.
Republicans who participated in the scheme say they relied on legal advice grounded in historical precedent.
The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.
The decision highlights the injustice of a federal law that bans gun possession by broad categories of "prohibited persons."
A bill that would expand wine sales in the Empire State is meeting familiar resistance from entrenched interests.
The case could have long-term implications for how broadly fair use can be applied.
The state defied a Supreme Court ruling by banning guns from myriad "sensitive places."
U.S. District Judge Robert Payne concluded that 18-to-20-year-olds have the same Second Amendment rights as older adults.
It is not hard to see why the jury concluded that the incident she described probably happened.
Steven Hedrick rents out roll-off dumpsters to people and hauls them away after. A new city ordinance is mandating that people use county services instead.
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Critics argue that excessively strict pleading standards prevent plaintiffs with meritorious defamation claims from obtaining the evidence they need to support them.
Pretrial rulings recognized the falsity of the election-fraud claims that the outlet aired and rejected three of its defenses.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone was unimpressed by the Biden administration's argument that marijuana users are too "dangerous" to own guns.
The Biden administration is defending a federal law that disarms Americans based on "boilerplate language" in orders that judges routinely grant.
The 5th Circuit noted that such orders can be issued without any credible evidence of a threat to others.
The appeals court says regulators violated the Administrative Procedure Act when they tried to pull menthol vapes off the market.
Two New Jersey women who gave birth last fall suffered harrowing ordeals thanks to their breakfast choices.
Defending a categorical ban on gun possession by cannabis consumers, the Biden administration cites inapt "historical analogues."
The legal challenge to censorship by proxy highlights covert government manipulation of online speech.
Lawyers representing an allegedly duped Buffalo Wild Wings customer demand that the company disgorge its ill-gotten gains.
Even as the president bemoans the injustice of pot prohibition, his administration insists that cannabis consumers have no right to arms.
Criticism of public officials doesn't have to be polite, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed.
The president and his predecessor both tried to impose gun control by executive fiat.
Contrary to the Supreme Court's First Amendment precedents, Donald Trump thinks harsh criticism of the president should be actionable.
Although the law did not change, regulators suddenly decided to criminalize unregistered possession of braced pistols.
One federal judge thought the state's new restrictions on medical advice were clear, while another saw a hopeless muddle.
U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb says the law is unconstitutionally vague.
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