#obscenity-trial

#obscenity-trial

The law prohibits 'any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender identity or sexual orientation' in kindergarten through sixth grade, which critics argue targets LGBTQ+ content.

The deputies' defamation claims failed under the 'actual malice' standard, which requires proof that the statements were made with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard for the truth.

"Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and safety. Certainly, censorious governments throughout history have believed the same. But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country."

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity group which aims to remove child abuse material from the internet, discovered various examples of explicit images of young girls that had been generated by Grok, with some victims as young as 11 years old.

Justice Clarence Thomas stated that a provider is not liable 'for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.' Liability arises only if the provider intended or actively encouraged the infringement.

The proposed Targeted Advertising Tax in Utah is imposed on advertising that is bought, delivered, accessed, or interacted with using the internet, raising concerns about its legality under the Internet Tax Freedom Act.

Hemani is the first time since the Supreme Court's decision in Bruen upended Second Amendment jurisprudence that the court has addressed the constitutionality of laws that prosecute individuals for owning guns solely based upon a category that the gun owner falls into. In United States v. Rahimi, which the court decided in 2024, the defendant had been deemed dangerous by a family court judge, based on allegations made by his former girlfriend.

Trump has won some sizable settlements in cases legal scholars had dismissed as largely lacking in merit. But as media scholars, we believe prevailing in court is not necessarily his primary goal. Instead, Trump appears to use lawsuits as a strategic weapon designed to silence his enemies and critics - who sometimes seem to be one and the same in his eyes.