Supreme Court Declines To Hear Texas Book Ban Appeal in Case Watched by Free Speech Groups

A lower federal appeals court had ruled that removing the books did not violate Constitutional free speech protections.

Supreme Court Likely To Rule in Favor of Abortion Opponents in Challenge To State Investigation

Many Democratic-aligned states have sought to protect abortion access and some have investigated whether pregnancy centers mislead women into thinking they offer abortions.

California Law Requiring Companies To Report Climate-Related Financial Risk Paused

The state has argued that the laws don’t violate the First Amendment because commercial speech isn’t protected the same way under the Constitution.

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Looking To Offer Much More Than Ultrasounds and Diapers

The push could get more momentum with Planned Parenthood closing some clinics and considering shuttering others following changes to Medicaid.

Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones’ Appeal of $1.4 Billion Defamation Judgment in Sandy Hook Shooting

The justices did not comment on their order, which they issued without even asking the families of the Sandy Hook victims to respond to Jones’ appeal.

Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About State Bans on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBTQ+ Kids

The Republican administration argued the Colorado law suppresses therapists’ speech, and should be subject to the higher legal standard of strict scrutiny, one that few measures pass.

Trump’s Order on Flag Burning Could Return the Question to the Supreme Court

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that Johnson’s act of flag-burning constituted expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.

Trump Moves to Ban Flag Burning Despite Supreme Court Ruling That Constitution Allows It

The U.S. Supreme Court has previously ruled that flag burning is legitimate political expression protected by the U.S. Constitution.