The US Supreme Court rejected the challenge of the Texas law requiring X-rated sites to verify the age of users, stating, 'The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.'
The Court rejected an appeal to block a Texas law outlining fines for porn sites that don't verify user ages.
Court denies application for a stay but could still hear challenge to the law.
Supporters say with this ruling, the Supreme Court of California is finally recognizing instances of over-policing -- especially in communities of color.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block Texas' Republican-championed law requiring porn websites to verify the age of their users, the Associated Press reports. Adult-entertainment industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition filed an emergency appeal asking the high court put Texas House Bill 1181 on hold while the justices weigh whether to hear a full appeal of the court dispute over the law. Last year, a federal judge blocked HB 1181’s age-verification requirement,...
The FAE says that in particular it opposes the Quebec government's use of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to shield the law from Charter challenges.
A former SMU grad student sued the school on behalf of all students who paid tuition for the spring 2020 semester, only for COVID to force schools to move classes online.
A Microsoft executive is battling her ex-husband over two frozen embryos from their marriage, following her infertility due to cancer treatment. Despite a written agreement, Honeyhline Heidemann's ex-husband opposes her using the embryos, citing her ability to handle more children. Jason Heidemann is concerned about his ex-wife's parenting skills given that she already has three kids; he is pushing for the embryos to remain in storage
Court heard arguments over Idaho case on abortions in medical emergencies. Biden administration believes Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act trumps state abortion laws in some cases. It's the first case over a state abortion ban to go before the court since Roe fell. Pro and anti-abortion rights protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court
Justices appeared unlikely to grant request for absolute immunity from criminal prosecution to former presidentKey takeaways from Trump immunity caseSign up for our free Trump on Trial newsletterThe US supreme court on Thursday expressed interest in returning Donald Trump’s criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election back to a lower court to decide whether certain parts of the indictment were “official acts” that were protected by presidential immunity.During oral arguments, the...
Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked.
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation’s abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation’s courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a ban on abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy, […]