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How Far Can a Library Enforce Peace and Quiet Before It Violates the First Amendment?
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
A library isn’t the first place you’d expect a protest showdown. But when a Kansas public library tried to keep signs, protests, and “free speech activities”...
Ninth Circuit Rules That Murder‑for‑Hire Is Not Necessarily a ‘Crime of Violence’
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
James Henrikson did what most people only threaten in anger and never carry out: he hired hit men when his business relationships went bad. Now, a Ninth...
Chicago Climate Suit Goes Forward in State Court
By Amy O'Neal, J.D. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
In recent years, the City of Chicago has experienced record‑breaking heat, flash‑flooding from intense downpours, and repeated episodes of hazardous wildfire...
‘Threats Have Come Very Close’ to the Supreme Court
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Just a few months ago, we wrote about what it means for state judges to live with the fear that someone angry about a case might show up at their front door...
Eleventh Circuit Cites First Amendment Violations in Striking Down Part of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Ask a dozen people for a definition of what “woke” means, and you’ll likely get 12 different responses. A July 7, 2026, ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Supreme Court Narrows Hawaii’s Private-Property Gun Ban
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Bridget Molitor, JD | Last updated on
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 25, 2026 decision in Wolford v. Lopez held that Hawaii’s so-called “vampire law” (Act 52, Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134‑9.5(a)), which...
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