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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

” The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, as well as Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, and Washington D.C., Oral arguments will be held on April 19, 2023.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

12 ruled that an Arkansas anti-BDS law violates the First Amendment. The Arkansas Times allowed that the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College required the paper to sign a pledge agreeing not to boycott Israel as part of an advertising contract. Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Feb.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Social Media Age-Verification Law on First Amendment Grounds

JonathanTurley

We recently discussed a federal court ruling that the Texas law requiring age verification and warning for porn sites was unconstitutional. Now, Judge Timothy Brooks in Arkansas has found that another state law imposing age verification requirements for social media violates the First Amendment. In Netchoice, LLC v.

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“This. Should Deeply Trouble Us All”: Hunter Biden Reportedly Planning a Second Amendment Defense

JonathanTurley

Biden’s arguments in Arkansas, to paraphrase his new found allegiance, appears to be that “I’ll give you my [more child support] when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands.” He is now trying to reduce those payments.

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“Sua Sponte”: Critics and Veterans Slam Media Attack On Sen. Cotton’s Service Claims

JonathanTurley

The Salon article by Roger Sullenberger claimed that Arkansas senator Tom Cotton “felt compelled to repeatedly falsify that honorable military record.” For example, the Arkansas Times noted prior pieces entitled “10 frightening facts about Tom Cotton” and “Chair of the imbecile caucus: Sen.

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Harvard Poll: 72 Percent Support 15-Week Limit on Abortions

JonathanTurley

Many Republican leaders have been speaking of absolute or near absolute bans on abortion, as reflected in states like Arkansas with only limited exceptions for the life of the mother. Now a Harvard poll reaffirms earlier polling that shows most Americans embrace views closer to Mississippi than Michigan on abortion.

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Are Runoffs Racist? The Media Coverage Ignores the Democratic Purpose of Runoffs

JonathanTurley

However, that is not the only motivation for runoff laws, and it is not the value in their continued use. In Arkansas, the majority rule for primaries was challenged on the same grounds of being racially motivated and maintained by the state.

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