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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. 2, on your Tennessee Carpet.” Another pending case is Novak v. The satirical site, The Onion, has filed a brilliant parody brief to support the right to parody.

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Supreme Court Takes Jack Daniels Trademark Case with Major Free Speech Implications

JonathanTurley

He was charged (and later acquitted) of a felony under an Ohio law prohibiting the use of a computer to “disrupt” or “interrupt” police functions. 2, on your Tennessee Carpet.” The Onion filed a brilliant parody brief to support the parody claim.

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