Twitter’s head of Trust and Safety, Ella Irwin, announced on Wednesday, March 29, that the company has taken down more than 5,000 tweets and retweets containing a poster promoting a “Trans Day of Vengeance” event planned for Saturday, April 1, outside the U.S. Supreme Court. The poster said “stop trans genocide.” “We do not support…

U.S. Marshals assigned to protect Supreme Court justices in the summer of 2022 were told to avoid arresting protesters demonstrating outside several justices’ homes. Attorney General Merrick Garland was confronted with documents outlining the marshals’ training to not make arrests after Garland previously said the Justice Department didn’t prosecute protesters because U.S. Marshals made no…

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent Tuesday, March 28 and Wednesday, March 29 sparring over the latter’s judicial reform plan. The plan would give Prime Minister Netanyahu the final say in appointing the nation’s judges. It would also give parliament the authority to overturn Supreme Court decisions and limit the court’s…

Artificial intelligence is already the next big thing, from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Bard AI. But as generative AI platforms increasingly get in the hands of everyday people, could the technology end up on the wrong side of a lawsuit? Here is the legal action threatening AI in this week’s Five For Friday. #5: Defamation…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether a dog toy that looks like a bottle of Jack Daniel’s is infringing on the company’s trademark. The Straight Arrow News report on the substance of the case can be found here. The hearing was filled with lighthearted exchanges between the justices and attorneys. VIP Products, which…

Is it a trademark infringement or a parody? That’s the question the Supreme Court will answer about a dog toy’s resemblance to a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. VIP Products, which makes a squeaky toy shaped exactly like a bottle of Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, argues the product is a joke. Their product is “43%…

A federal judge blocked part of a California law that requires certain handgun safety features. Features required on new handguns include an indicator that shows when the gun is loaded, a mechanism that prevents firing if the magazine isn’t fully inserted and the ability to stamp shell casings. The last feature makes it easy to…

As the fight over the Colorado River’s water continues, the Navajo Nation has brought an 1868 treaty to the Supreme Court. Oral arguments began Monday. The Navajo tribe says the treaty “promised both land and water sufficient for the Navajos to return to a permanent home in their ancestral territory.” According to the tribe, the…

Members of the Senate are focusing on gun rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision in 2022. But Republicans and Democrats are taking very different approaches.  New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen Bruen overturned a New York state law that required unrestricted concealed carry license applicants show a need…

In keeping with his campaign promise, President Biden announced last August his student debt relief plan targeting specific borrowers with loans held by the U.S. Department of Education. While many liberals praised the plan, there’s been plenty of opposition. In November, two lawsuits succeeded in pausing the plan’s implementation and last month the Supreme Court…