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…

Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are introducing a bipartisan bill to put cameras in the Supreme Court so the public can watch oral arguments live. The Cameras in the Courtroom Act would require the court’s open proceedings to be televised unless the justices determine by a majority vote that it would violate…

The fight over the Texas abortion law is crowding courthouses at the state and federal levels. The Supreme Court recently ruled that a lawsuit challenging S.B. 8, which bans abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy, can proceed. In another case, a Texas man named Marcus Silva is suing three women he claims helped…

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have proposed a bill that seeks to redefine the term “person” to include the unborn. The South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023 would consider an “unborn child” which is aborted at any stage of development the victim of homicide, with protections afforded under the state’s assault laws. The change…

A gun law in the state of Missouri made certain federal gun laws invalid. Local and state officials were not to enforce federal gun regulations because it stated that the gun restrictions violated the Second Amendment. A federal judge has tossed out Missouri’s law, arguing it violates the Constitution’s supremacy clause. The power struggle between…