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Supreme Court allows TikTok ban to go into effect
A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled in favor in Congress after TikTok appealed a federal court decision that upheld federal law…
The U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to Texas law protecting minors from online porn
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court examined a First Amendment challenge to a federal law that could spell the end of the social…
Updated: Supreme Court to decide TikTok’s fate
Updated (12/18/2024): The Supreme Court will now hear two hours of arguments on Jan. 10, 2025 in the case of TikTok v. Garland,…
The newest debate over the Ten Commandments in public schools
A Louisiana state law mandating Ten Commandments posters in public schools is the latest in a long line of controversies related…
A new Supreme Court term begins in the shadow of a presidential election
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term on the eve of an intense, historic election in which the justices may be called on to play…
10 facts about the most famous scene in legal history
The legendary confrontation between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Monkey Trial took place on a hot…
Six big takeaways from this historic Supreme Court term
The Supreme Court wrapped up a historic term this week, one that will be defined largely by unprecedented constitutional issues…
Supreme Court sends major Internet case back to the lower courts
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday, July 1, ruled that a dispute between social media giants such as YouTube, Facebook, and X,…
The Supreme Court rules on the government pressuring websites to moderate content
At what point does the government, in taking actions to make social media websites aware of content considered to be…
Vidal v. Elster: Unanimous decision, divided court
On June 13, the Supreme Court decided Vidal v. Elster, a case about the constitutionality of the Lanham Act’s Names Clause. The…
