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Texas Sues Pornhub for Failing to Check IDs

A federal judge in an ongoing case called the porn age-check scheme unconstitutional. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doesn't seem to care.

Reason

This Prosecutor Secretly Worked for the Judges Overseeing His Cases. Will His Victims Be Able To Sue?

Ralph Petty likely violated the Constitution. In a rare move, a federal court signaled this week that lawsuits against him may not be dead on arrival.

Reason

He Was Arrested for Making a Joke on Facebook. A Jury Just Awarded Him $205,000 in Damages.

The verdict vindicates the constitutional rights that Louisiana sheriff's deputies flagrantly violated when they hauled Waylon Bailey off to jail.

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The 5th Circuit Says Criminalizing Journalism Is Not Obviously Unconstitutional

The appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions.

Reason

She Was Arrested for Her Journalism. A Federal Court Says She Can't Sue.

Priscilla Villarreal, also known as "Lagordiloca," has sparked a debate about free speech and who, exactly, is a journalist.

Reason

Supreme Court clears way for US to remove Texas border barrier - Roll Call

A divided Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed the Biden administration to remove a barrier Texas placed at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Roll Call

Louisiana Legislature passes new congressional map - Roll Call

The GOP-controlled Louisiana state legislature passed a new congressional map Friday that creates a second Black-majority district.

Roll Call

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US asks Supreme Court to step in on Texas border barrier - Roll Call

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in its ongoing fight with Texas over border policy.

Roll Call

This Innocent Woman Is on the Hook for Thousands After a SWAT Team Destroyed Her Home

An error-prone investigation in search of a fugitive led police to Amy Hadley's house.

Reason

5th Circuit Reluctantly Rules Against Victim of a Prosecutor Who Was Also a Law Clerk

Ralph Petty's "conflicted dual-hat arrangement" as an advocate and an adjudicator was "utterly bonkers," Judge Don Willett notes.

Reason

Hunter Biden's Lawyers Say the Gun Ban He Violated Is Unconstitutional, Widely Flouted, and Rarely Enforced

The president's son is seeking dismissal of three felony charges based on his illegal 2018 firearm purchase.

Reason

Civil Rights Groups Urge Federal Appeals Court To Strike Down Mississippi's Jim Crow–Era Felon Voting Ban

A broad coalition of civil rights groups and think tanks, including Reason Foundation, say that Mississippi's "mandatory, permanent, and effectively irrevocable" voting ban for certain offenders violates the Constitution.

Reason

What's at Stake in the Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Case

The Court announced today that it would take up a case involving access to the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone.

Reason

Do You Still Have the Right to a Jury Trial?

The Supreme Court will consider whether federal agencies’ administrative judges violate the Seventh Amendment.

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Appeals court frees attorney from having to join, pay dues to Louisiana bar association, for now

A federal appeals court says a Louisiana lawyer who objected to the state bar association’s public statements on health tips and LGBTQ rights, among other topics, cannot be forced to join or pay dues to the association

Reason

He Was Strip-Searched and Jailed for Criticizing Cops. Now He's Fighting Back in Court.

In an apparent case of retaliation by humiliation, Jerry Rogers Jr. was arrested for speaking out about a stalled murder investigation.

Reason

Due Process Demands Stricter Standards for Restraining Orders That Negate Gun Rights

In an upcoming Supreme Court case, the Cato Institute argues that the "threadbare procedures" required by federal law provide inadequate protection for constitutional rights.

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Appeals court considers whether Texas teens should be allowed contraception without parental consent under federal program

Last year, Judge Matthew Kacmsaryk closed off one of the only avenues for Texas teens to get confidential contraception. The 5th Circuit on Monday considered arguments in the case.

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Louisiana Mother of Autistic Child Hit by Teacher Files Supreme Court Petition

School officials in three states are effectively immune from lawsuits over excessive corporal punishment. A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to step in.

Reason

SCOTUS Will Decide When the Government's Social Media Meddling Violates the First Amendment

The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.

Roll Call

Supreme Court to decide case on social media content moderation outreach - Roll Call

Justices also blocked a lower court injunction that would have restricted the Biden administration’s ability to communicate with social media companies.

Roll Call

Supreme Court keeps a pause on redrawing of Louisiana congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to allow a lower court to move forward with redrawing Louisiana’s congressional map.

Reason

Defenders of the Florida and Texas Social Media Laws Contradict Themselves

If Facebook et al. are pushing a "radical leftist narrative," why don’t they have a constitutional right to do that?

WEKU

Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term

In one form or another, all those questions are back on the table this term — mainly to take a second look at appeals from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas and parts the South.

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl

The Supreme Court is returning to a new term with familiar topics such as guns and abortion, as well as concerns about ethics swirling around the justices

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