July 05, 2024
In a U.S. Supreme Court term teeming with serious showdowns, the august air at oral arguments filled with laughter after an attorney mentioned her plastic surgeon and a justice seemed to diss his colleagues, to cite just two of the term's mirthful moments. Here, we look at the funniest moments of the term.
March 15, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court adopted a new test Friday to determine if a public official's social media use constitutes state action subject to liability under the First Amendment, instructing courts to consider whether the official had authority to speak on the government's behalf and whether they purported to do so in the challenged action.
October 31, 2023
A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to adopt a narrow test to determine whether a public official's use of social media constitutes state action subject to liability under the First Amendment, but struggled to nail down the specifics of the test.
October 30, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear back-to-back arguments Tuesday in two cases that could influence how public officials use social media to share information and interact with constituents, a First Amendment issue the justices avoided tackling until now.
October 27, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court will return for its second oral arguments session Monday to consider whether a lawyer can trademark the phrase "Trump Too Small" without the former president's consent, if a public official's blocking of a social media follower is liable state action, and what the proper process is for regaining property seized by law enforcement officials.
October 02, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted the solicitor general's request to participate in October oral arguments in two cases that question whether public officials who use social media accounts to conduct official business engage in state action subject to liability under the First Amendment.
September 29, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle a variety of questions in the first half of its 2023 term that will have a broad impact on federal regulators' power and the authority of courts to intercede in major aspects of American life.
September 22, 2023
In the term beginning next week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to return to some of the most hot-button issues concerning civil rights: guns, free speech, race discrimination, and potentially more.
August 16, 2023
The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to side with a Michigan official and find that he didn't violate a critic's rights by blocking the man from his Facebook page, telling the justices a ruling to the contrary would chill the speech of government employees.
July 05, 2023
A Port Huron, Michigan, resident has received support in his U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a finding that a city official did not flout his rights by blocking him from commenting on the official's personal Facebook page, as part of a larger fight at the high court.