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Free Speech Unmuted: I Know It When I See It: Free Speech and Obscenity Laws

Jane Bambauer and I discuss the various rules the Court applies in obscenity cases and the forthcoming Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton decision, which deals with "obscene-as-to-minors" material (not to be confused with child pornography). Fun fact: Associate Justice Potter Stewart, who wrote the "I know it when I see…

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Alabama Toddler Goes Missing from Daycare, Found Buying Snacks and Toys at Walmart

3-year-old Sir Paxton was reported missing after he walked out of the daycare center and into a Walmart Neighborhood Market across the street

Latin Times

A group of undocumented immigrants file motion to defend the government's "parole in place" program in court

The program was paused by a federal judge on Monday, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the Biden administration's flagship measures on immigration

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Interesting Stay Dispute in Seventh Circuit Minors'-Access-to-Porn Case

From Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Rokita, decided Friday by Judges Frank Easterbrook and Amy St. Eve: Indiana seeks a stay of the preliminary injunction that a district court entered preventing the enforcement of Ind. Code § 24-4-23, which requires web sites to limit minors' access to certain sexual materials.…

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'Devastated' community mourns loss of beloved character, Eddie the emu

'I was with him and talked to him while he was passing.'

Newcastle Herald

More Facts, Please

A striking characteristic of last month's oral arguments in the content-moderation cases was the uncertainty about facts. In Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, it was really unclear what the effect of the laws would be in practice. Which businesses and business models would be affected, and how—all of…

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Texas Refuses Border Patrol Access, Demands Proof of Federal Ownership

Texas stands firm in its refusal to comply with the Biden administration's demands to allow Border Patrol access to a park in Eagle Pass. Texas Attorney Ge...

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Strangest State: Eclipses and Flying Snakes

A young teen reporter covers the Ken Paxton impeachment on typewriter, serpents fall from the sky, and more dispatches from far-flung Texas.

Texas Observer

Here are some of the biggest Supreme Court cases to watch this term

Justices will hear questions involving Donald Trump’s eligibility for office, abortion rights, gun ownership, the First Amendment and other major cases

The Independent UK

Cybertoonz explains Netchoice v. Paxton

One of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year will be a Big Tech challenge to Texas and Florida laws that seek to impose limits and transparency on social media content regulation. Silicon Valley argues that these laws interfere with Big Tech's first amendment right to "cull and curate" what…

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Supreme Court Will Consider Cases Challenging Florida and Texas Social Media Laws

The laws require major social media platforms to host content they disapprove of for substantive reasons.

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Free Speech, Social Media Firms, and the Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit was right to rule it was illegal for the federal government to coerce social media firms, but wrong to uphold a Texas law requiring those firms to post material they prefer to keep out.

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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Reveals Which Part Of The Never Have I Ever Ending Surprised Her Most

Following Never Have I Ever's series finale, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan revealed which part of the ending surprised her most.

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Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas

What's weirder than Ken Paxton? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities from Austin to Lufkin.

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I Watched Hostel For The First Time And I Regret Everything

There are some horror movies I could watch again and again - and then there's Hostel. Let's talk about it.

The Independent UK

Tim Bachman death: Canadian rock guitarist dies aged 71

Bachman was a co-founding guitarist in Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive in the Seventies

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The election-denying Republicans who aided Trump’s ‘big lie’ and got promoted

In 2022, many Republicans who embraced election denialism were re-elected and, in some cases, elevated to higher office

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