We beat The Satanic Temple’s incompetent defamation claim in federal court because “criticizing someone’s religious/political beliefs” is protected speech.
That doesn’t change when it’s a church beseeching the state to punish speech that allegedly interferes with the church’s donation stream.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17042463/20/united-federation-of-churches-llc-v-johnson/
#firstamendment #1a #1stamendment #protectedspeech
I guess invading #citizens' #privacy wasn't enough for them so Texas will also require adult websites trumpet #disinformation too. I mean, of course they would, right? 😒 😠
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/pornhub-coalition-of-adult-websites-sue-texas-over-law-requiring-them-to-collect-users-legal-id/
#Pornhub, coalition of #adult #websites sue #Texas over #law requiring them to collect user’s #legal #ID
#Republicans #Misinformation #FreeSpeech #ProtectedSpeech #Porn
#iamdb #porn #protectedspeech #FreeSpeech #misinformation #republicans #id #legal #law #Texas #websites #adult #pornhub #Disinformation #Privacy #citizens
IANAL but I side with the Ninth Circuit here. If you are a #government official using a personal #SocialMedia account to post #PublicInformation or notices, you've made that a government forum where commentary is #ProtectedSpeech and blocking is not allowed under the #FirstAmendment (#freespeech and #petition).
If there's not an official social media site for you to use, open a second account. If you mingle government function and personal media, that's on you.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/politics/social-media-first-amendment-supreme-court/index.html
#petition #FreeSpeech #firstamendment #protectedspeech #publicinformation #SocialMedia #Government
Hate speech is protected under the US constitution. Violent speech is not. The US government is restrained by the Constitution, corporations are not. But the #constitution does provide a decent framework by which corporations might determine their philosophy and operations. #ProtectedSpeech #HateSpeech #FirstAmendment #CancelCulture
#constitution #protectedspeech #hatespeech #firstamendment #cancelculture
BTW #trans and #drag are two different things, with some overlap. Venn diagrams and all that.
#TransrightsAreHumanright and so too are #DragShows #protectedSpeech actual #FreeSpeech yeah that same thing that the #rightwing use as their false organizing slogan.
#trans #drag #TransrightsAreHumanright #dragshows #protectedspeech #freespeech #rightwing #fuckfascism
John Gruber
"The Onion's Supreme Court Amicus Brief Defending Parody"
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/12/02/onion-amicus-brief
@klonick
@scottjshapiro
@benjaminwittes
@davew
@siracusa
#SCOTUS #Legal #Law #Facebook #Parody #Comedy #Police #Immunity #Speech #ProtectedSpeech #FreeSpeech
#scotus #legal #law #facebook #parody #comedy #police #immunity #speech #protectedspeech #freespeech
#fedilaw #1A Podunk AZ town sent cop to threaten me with arrest for Class 6 #felony re: #political sign in my yard. Do I need a #constitutional #lawyer or just any #lawyer to get town to acknowledge, in writing, sign is #protectedspeech and promise not to #retaliate. My sense is to hire the biggest, baddest lawyer and go in w/guns blazing. What say you real #lawyers?
#fedilaw #1a #felony #political #constitutional #lawyer #protectedspeech #retaliate #lawyers