The Supreme Court on Tuesday disrupted a key element of U.S. border policy, clearing the way for Texas to begin arresting and deporting migrants who enter the state illegally, even though that law enforcement role has historically been part of the federal government’s control over international borders. In a divided, preliminary order, the court’s conservative … Read more
Today, the Supreme Court will hear a case that will determine whether the government can communicate with social media companies to flag misleading or harmful content to social platforms—or talk to them at all. And a lot of the case revolves around Covid-19 conspiracy theories. In Murthy v. Missouri, Attorney Generals from Louisiana and Missouri, … Read more
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In an opinion signed by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court established a test to determine when a public official can be considered to be engaging in state action in blocking someone from their social media account. The official must have both “(1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State’s behalf on a … Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Peter Navarro, who served as trade adviser under former President Donald Trump, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to let him remain free while he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena in a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro is scheduled next Tuesday … Read more
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in a decision on free speech in the digital age set a stringent new standard for determining if public officials acted in a governmental capacity when blocking critics on social media – a test to be applied in lawsuits accusing them of violating the … Read more
‘Good 4 U’ artist Olivia Rodrigo is giving out some unusual gifts to fans at her concerts — but it’s for a good cause. The ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ actress is currently on her Guts World Tour, which will soon go international. Before she goes and travels across the border, she had … Read more
Tim Cone talks to the Inquirer Sports staff during an awards dinner in his honor. —MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Tim Cone spent a lot of time chatting with members of the Inquirer sports staff earlier this week, talking of how “adventurous” his flight to the Philippines was as a 9-year-old back in 1966. He talked about how … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Colorado’s attempt to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot over his conduct related to Jan. 6. In a unanimous decision, the nine justices on the nation’s highest court said it should be up to Congress, not individual states, to enforce Section 3 of the Constitution’s 14th … Read more
By Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Seven months into a crackdown by the city of San Diego on homeless encampments, many of the tents that once lined downtown sidewalks are gone. Now two California state senators – a Republican and a Democrat – have joined forces to propose a statewide version of San Diego’s … Read more
Donald Trump wasn’t happy with HBO host Bill Maher’s quips on “Real Time” last night, lashing out at the libertarian satirist via the former president’s Truth Social platform. While it was unclear what the specific part of Maher’s show that set Trump off was, it may have been when Maher pointed to what he called … Read more