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No Joke: Supreme Court Case Could Take a Big Bite Out of the First Amendment

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He was charged with (and later acquitted of) a felony under an Ohio law prohibiting the use of a computer to “disrupt” or “interrupt” police functions. Parody and satire also face threats from other legal actions, particularly tort actions over the appropriation of names or likenesses (called the right to publicity).

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Rep. Katie Porter Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Attack on Witness

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after her allegation that a witness lied under oath in opposing gun laws three years ago in a hearing. The Deputy Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Porter is also on the faculty of University of California (Irvine) Law School, though listed as “on leave.” Katie Porter (D., ” Porter was noting that Rep.

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