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

JonathanTurley

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

JonathanTurley

The bill made it a felony to transfer the grandfathered firearm to ANY person without first going through a federal firearms licensee and having a background check conducted. The moment that law would have gone into effect, countless Americans would have become felons in the literal blink of an eye, countless numbers of times every day.

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