by Sam Ventola | Dec 18, 2014 | Constitutional, Litigation
Oklahoma and Nebraska sue Colorado over Marijuana In our last entry, we explored the issue of “prosecutorial discretion,” particularly as it involved President Obama’s executive amnesty for certain illegal immigrants. With today’s news comes another story created by...
by Sam Ventola | Dec 1, 2014 | Constitutional, First Amendment, Litigation
Social Media Concerns If you have teenagers, you have no doubt heard the argument that some awful thing posted on Facebook or other social media should be ignored because “it’s just song lyrics.” Song Lyrics Anthony Elonis tried that defense too. It hasn’t worked so...
by Sam Ventola | Jun 30, 2014 | Constitutional, First Amendment, Litigation, RFRA
Supreme Court Rules Today, the U.S. Supreme Court found in favor of the companies’ religious freedom in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. In each case, the companies argued that the requirement to provide abortion...