In 1811, a New Yorker was sentenced to 3 months in prison and fined $500 (about $12,000 today) for publicly insulting Jesus and Mary. The judge said only attacks on Christianity were punishable.

Much has changed since then but it wasn’t until 1952 that the Supreme Court ruled blasphemy was protected speech.
https://theconversation.com/what-the-history-of-blasphemy-laws-in-the-us-and-the-fight-for-religious-freedom-can-teach-us-today-238173
#freespeech #law #history #religion

A 13-Year-Old With #Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.
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#Disability rights advocates said #kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s #school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilities. It didn’t work.

#News #Tennessee #DisabilityRights #Education #Students #Police #Law

https://propub.li/3O6tkU1

NEW: Courts Appoint Special Counsel to Oversee Reform of New York’s Troubled Guardianship System

Judicial leaders in #NewYork created two new oversight positions as they work to reform the state’s guardianship system.

The personnel additions follow a ProPublica investigation that spotlighted lax monitoring of court-appointed guardians.

#News #Courts #Law #Government #NYC #Health #HealthCare #PersonalFinance #Money
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bolsters-oversight-court-appointed-guardians

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to #Texas Emergency Rooms

It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a #hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened.

Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.”

She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s #abortion ban.

#News #Health #HealthCare #Pregnancy #Government #Law #Safety #Family

https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala

An 11-Year-Old Denied Making a Threat and Was Allowed to Return to #School. #Tennessee Police Arrested Him Anyway.

A state law makes threats of mass violence at school a felony, even if they’re not credible.

Judges and school officials say the law unnecessarily traumatizes kids.

#News #Kids #Schools #Education #Guns #GunViolence #Families #Law #Government #Police

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-law-kids-arrested

New: A #Texas Woman Died After the Hospital Said It Would be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage

Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care.

She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.

#News #abortion #pregnancy #health #healthcare #government #law

https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban

Elon Musk, Tesla and Warner Bros. are being sued by one of the production companies behind "Blade Runner 2049." Alcon Entertainment said it refused permission for Tesla to use an image from the movie at the Robotaxi launch event, but the car manufacturer used AI to do it anyway. Alcon is working on a spinoff series for Amazon and has been in discussions with car manufacturers about collaborations, but has avoided Tesla because of Musk's “extreme political and social views” and his “massively amplified, highly politicized, capricious and arbitrary behavior, which sometimes veers into hate speech.” Here's more from @AssociatedPress

https://flip.it/iyvzRB

#Movies #Cinema #Film #SciFi #ElonMusk #CopyrightInfringement #Law #Robotaxi #Tesla #Automotive

#FEMA Told Victims of New Mexico’s Largest #Wildfire It Can’t Pay for Emotional Harm. A #Judge Will Likely Rule It Must.

Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims sued the agency because it will compensate them only for losses that come with a price tag. Victims say the law allows them to be paid for the stress of fleeing the blaze and the toll of losing their possessions.

https://propub.li/3UelrPK

#News #NewMexico #Law #Government #USForestService

After Mass Dismissals in #Anchorage, #Alaska Officials Step in to Help Prosecute Crimes
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The state offered to send up to 10 prosecutors to Anchorage, days after the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica reported that hundreds of misdemeanor cases had been dropped since May because the city couldn’t hit court deadlines for speedy trials.

#News #Crime #Law #Police #CriminalJustice

https://propub.li/40ef2I2

#Georgia Judge Rules #Election Officials Must Count All Votes and Certify Results
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The judge ruled that “Georgia voters would be silenced” if county election board members were “free to play investigator, prosecutor, jury, and judge” and refuse to certify election results.

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-results-certification-counting-votes

#News #USPolitics #Election2024 #Law #Politics #Government #Vote

Even in cases where tenants resolved their eviction notice in court and saw their case dismissed with a withdrawal or a win – their eviction filings led to immediate and long-term housing instability, income loss and job insecurity.
https://theconversation.com/eviction-filings-can-destabilize-tenants-lives-even-when-they-win-their-case-237386
#law #housing #landlords #homelessness

More than 250 cases of domestic violence: Dismissed.

At least 70 cases of child neglect or abuse: Dismissed.

More than 270 DUI cases: Dismissed.

Only 3 criminal defendants in #Anchorage misdemeanor cases have gone to trial since May. Here’s why.

https://propub.li/482fbjT

#News #Alaska #Crime #Law #DomesticViolence #ChildAbuse #Police #CriminalJustice

Battle Over #Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in #Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of #Election Integrity Debate
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Ballot drop boxes have morphed into vessels for emotion, suspicion and conspiracy theories. In Wisconsin, their mere presence has inspired community leaders to reject them or call on people to watch them 24/7. A mayor even hijacked one.

#News #Vote #Election2024 #Law #DougDiny #Government #Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin-election-conspiracies-voting

Piers Morgan has had many brushes with the law as a result of extreme opinions and unsubstantiated claims. Most recently, he took on Jay-Z and Beyoncé — and lost. Singer Jaguar Wright's made allegations against the power couple during a recent appearance on Morgan's "Uncensored" show. Yesterday, Morgan said he had received a lawyer's letter that demanded the claims be cut from the segment, and went on to apologize for what was said. Jay-Z and Beyoncé's lawyer told TMZ: “There’s rumors and then there’s nonsense, and this is one step further." Here's more from @Deadline.

https://flip.it/G-kZx4

#Celebrity #PiersMorgan #Beyonce #JayZ #Law

#Election Skeptics Are Running Some County Election Boards in #Georgia. A New Rule Could Allow Them to Exclude Decisive Votes.
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An examination of a new election rule in Georgia suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.

https://propub.li/3By2q4t

#News #President #Vote #Election2024 #Voting #Government #Law #Politics

Presidential immunity has limits, according to special counsel Jack Smith's new filing. Smith argues Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election were taken as a candidate, not as president, and therefore not immune from prosecution.

More from a constitutional law scholar who says Congress has a unique role in shaping the balance of powers at this moment in history:

https://theconversation.com/presidential-immunity-has-clear-limits-special-counsel-filing-says-and-trump-should-be-tried-for-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election-236935

#news #Trump #president #law

#Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week #Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care
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Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller.

https://propub.li/3TTdy26

#News #Health #Healthcare #Pregnancy #PlannedParenthood #WomensHealth #Law #Government #Politics #KamalaHarris #Doctors #Hospital

Recently on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver referenced our reporting on SCOTUS rejecting the doctrine of Chevron deference, which is impacting everything from health care discrimination to gun sales to abortion access.

Read our story here: https://propub.li/3XQGMQx

#News #Law #ChevronDeference #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Regulation #Healthcare #Discrimination #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight

Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl
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Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but couldn’t find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the drug trade.

https://www.propublica.org/article/teens-fentanyl-percocet-green-bay-wisconsin-maylia-sotelo-jack-mcdonough

#News #Teen #Drugs #Addiction #Fentanyl #Crime #Law #Trauma #Parenting #Police #HarmReduction

#ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical #Recycling as a Solution for the #Plastics Crisis
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The #California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled #plastic that they claim to have.

https://www.propublica.org/article/exxonmobil-plastics-recycling-pyrolysis-lawsuit-california

#News #Law #Exxon #Oil #Environment #FossilFuels #Sustainability #Accountability

"Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars show is likely to be shut down within a few months, after a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday that plans to sell off the assets of Jones’ media company, Free Speech Systems, can move forward."

NPR reports: "Net proceeds from any sales will go to Sandy Hook families who won some $1.5 billion in damages from Jones for spreading lies that the 2012 school shooting never happened. Some of Jones’ followers harassed and threatened the families for years."

https://flip.it/gz27Fy

#AlexJones #Infowars #Misinformation #Disinformation #SandyHook #SchoolShootings #News #Law

#Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to #Gaza, Two #Government Bodies Concluded.

Antony Blinken Rejected Them.

Blinken told #Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the #law.

#News #Palestine #HumanitarianAid #Biden #Blinken #War

https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken

Did a #Georgia #Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save #AmberThurman? A #Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.
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Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s #abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his committee could review to determine whether the hospital violated the law. “It’s not even a question,” one expert said.

https://www.propublica.org/article/amber-thurman-georgia-abortion-wyden-emtala

#News #Law #AbortionBan #EMTALA #Medicare #Healthcare #Health #Pregnancy #RoeVWade #SupremeCourt

A #SupremeCourt Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause “Large-Scale Disruption.” The Effects Are Already Being Felt.
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One recent Supreme Court decision is already rippling through dozens of key lower #court cases involving everything from #airline fees to #gun sales to #abortion access, affecting people’s lives in important — and sometimes contradictory — ways.

#News #Law #ChevronDeference #Federal #Regulation #Labor #Healthcare #Tax #Immigration #Marriage

https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-chevron-deference-loper-bright-guns-abortion-pending-cases

Law enforcement in Germany has repeatedly and successfully deanonymized selected Tor users on the dark net.

#Tor #Germany #DarkWeb #law #CyberSecurity

https://cnews.link/is-tor-safe-police-surveilling-dark-web-users-1/