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Disbarred Lawyer Can't Pseudonymously Challenge Her Disbarment

From the Tenth Circuit today in Roe v. Colo. Jud. Dep't, decided by Judge Richard Federico and Judges Scott Matheson… The post Disbarred Lawyer Can't Pseudonymously Challenge Her Disbarment appeared first on Reason.com.

No Shirt, No Shrewd, No Parking

"[O]n numerous occasions over the next fifteen months, Appellant was seen walking or standing in front of Appellee's home wearing only brightly colored underwear."

Privacy, Doxing, Stalking, and People Who Love Dogs Too Much

Wednesday's opinion in Davidson v. State, by Texas Court of Appeals (Tyler) Chief Justice James Worthen joined by Justice Brian… The post Privacy, Doxing, Stalking, and People Who Love Dogs Too Much appeared first on Reason.com.

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2023 Criminal Trial Where Witnesses Wore Surgical Masks Violated Confrontation Clause

From last week's Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision in Smith v. State, written by Judge Scott Walker; the Court… The post 2023 Criminal Trial Where Witnesses Wore Surgical Masks Violated Confrontation Clause appeared first on Reason.com.

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Colorado River abstention, Wilton-Brillhart abstention, and sua sponte shenanigans.

Texas Harassment Conviction for Sending 34 Messages Over 15 Weeks to Ex-Therapist Violates First Amendment

So Texas's high court for criminal matters held yesterday.

Probation Condition Requiring Defendant to Remove "F Officer Rose" from His Car

From Monday's decision in City of Conneaut v. Wick, decided by the Ohio Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Robert Patton, joined by Judge Mary Jane Trapp: Appellant, Francis J. Wick ("Wick"), appeals the decision of the Conneaut Municipal Court, sentencing him to five years of unsupervised community…

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Is Saying a Fellow Servicemember (Not to Her Face) Is a "Slut" a Crime in the Military?

From U.S. v. Truitt, decided earlier this month by the U.S. Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Kurt Brubaker, joined by Chief Judge Lane McClelland and Judge Herbert Claiborne Pell: In this case, we examine the boundaries of the Coast Guard's punitive order prohibiting sexual…

Spousal Rape Conviction Reversed Because Lower Court Didn't Give Defendant Access to Accuser's Immigration Records

One of the defense's theories was that "the requested immigration records" might "support [the ex-wife's] motive to fabricate because claiming she was a victim of a sexual assault would provide a way to continue her legal residency in the United States without assistance from Appellant after her divorce."

No First Amendment Right to March on a Freeway

From State v. Dornfeld, decided yesterday by the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Presiding Judge Francis Connolly, joined by Judges Michelle Larkin & Randall Slieter): Appellant challenges her petty-misdemeanor conviction of being a pedestrian on a controlled-access highway, arguing … [among other things that] the statute under which she was convicted…

Pennsylvania Court on "Obscene Language" and Criminalizing Fighting Words

From Commonwealth v. Muhammad, decided Wednesday, by Judge John Bender, joined by Judges Maria McLaughlin and Correale Stevens: On August 12, 2021, Appellant was charged with disorderly conduct, pursuant to Sections 5503(a)(2) and (a)(3), in connection with an incident which the trial court summarized as follows: The incident which resulted…

Military Law Doesn't Clearly Forbid Private Masturbation With Child-Like Sex Doll

The U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals doesn't resolve whether such conduct is substantively constitutionally protected from criminal punishment, but holds that military law didn't put the defendant on notice that the conduct was illegal.

Publius Publicola Must Make His Identity Public

to continue with his appeal, holds the Second Circuit; because he didn't do so, the appeal was dismissed.

Why Is Texas Requiring a Guy Who Stole a Car To Register as a Sex Offender?

Why Is Texas Requiring a Guy Who Stole a Car To Register as a Sex Offender?

When states misuse sex-offender registries and apply them to any crime that involves a child, individual rights are abused.

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Racial Slurs Aren't "Obscene"

They thus can't be punished under a disturbing the peace law that bans "obscene language," though under the right circumstances they could be punished under separate provisions that generally ban "fighting words" (whether racially offensive or otherwise).

Talking to A About Plans to Kill B Isn't a Punishable Threat

The case is Commonwealth v. Gadley, decided May 20 by Judge Mary Murray, joined by Judges Daniel McCaffery and James Gardner Colins of the Pennsylvania Superior Court; here's the trial court's summary of the facts: At the [June 15, 2021, preliminary] hearing, the Defendant's mother, Melody Blair … testified that…

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