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North Carolina upholds ban on sex offenders using Facebook

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a state law prohibiting registered sex offenders from using Facebook and other social networking sites that minors can join. The court's...

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NC Supreme Court bars registered sex offenders from social media sites

The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a state law prohibiting registered sex offenders from using Facebook or other social networking sites that minors can join. In the split opinion issued...

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US appeals court upholds ban on political ads on public TV and radio

Justices reject argument that ban violates constitution and led stand 1981 federal statute by 8-3 majority...

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Economic Liberty and the Constitution: An Introduction (The Heritage Foundation)

(Source: The Heritage Foundation) Contributors Paul J. Larkin, Jr., is a Senior Legal Research Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. David E....

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Supreme Court upholds freedom of speech on internet, strikes down draconian law

NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday fortified the right to freedom of speech and liberty by striking down as 'unconstitutional' Section 66A of Information Technology Act,...

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UPDATE 1-U.S. court OKs ban on political ads on public stations

* Congress sought to protect programming decisions * 9th Circuit rejects First Amendment challenge By Jonathan Stempel Dec 2 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Monday upheld a federal ban...

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Attorney general appeals ruling allowing Lenexa man’s removal from sex...

WICHITA — The attorney general urged the Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a district judge’s decision that allowed a child molester’s name to be removed from the state’s offender list. The...

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Social network ban for sex offenders illegal, NC judges rule

A North Carolina appeals court panel says the state's requirement barring registered...

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Man fights designation as a sexual offender

Travis Blankenship is marked with what one judge describes as an undeserved “scarlet letter” — that of a sex offender. Blankenship was 21, working part time at a department store and a few hours away...

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California court rules San Diego sex offender law unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that San Diego County's "blanket" enforcement of the state's sex offender residency laws was unconstitutional, a...

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New Hampshire court upholds COPSLIE vanity plate

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — If a New Hampshire man thinks cops lie, he's free to say so on his license plate, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday. In a unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court agreed...

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U.S. court OKs ban on political ads on public TV, radio

(Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a federal ban on political advertising on public television and radio stations, rejecting an argument that it unconstitutionally violated the...

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Sex offender registration rules upheld by high court

Requiring convicted sex offenders to register their address with authorities is not cruel and unusual punishment, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a 7-2 decision in a case from Clark County....

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Attorney general appeals offender registry ruling

The attorney general urged the Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a district judge's decision that allowed a child molester's name to be removed from the state's offender list. The lengthy...

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Housing Restrictions For Sex Offenders Unconstitutional, California Court Rules

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state law barring sex offenders from living is unconstitutional. The ruling immediately affects only San Diego County, where the case originated, the...

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Kansas appealing in sex offender registry ruling

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will appeal a state district court judge's decision that orders a child molester's name to be removed from its offender registry after finding the registration laws violate...

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Illinois Supreme Court Ruling Explores Scope of Second Amendment (The...

(Source: The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies) Illinois Supreme Court Ruling Explores Scope of Second Amendment State Court Docket Watch Article January 31, 2014 Tara A. Fumerton On...

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Missouri Supreme Court rules against sex offenders

Missouri's Supreme Court on Tuesday sided against three men previously convicted of a sex crime and facing a new criminal charge under a law making it illegal for them to be near certain parks. The...

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NC keeping social networking ban for sex offenders

RALEIGH, N.C. The N.C. Supreme Court is agreeing to a temporary order keeping sex offenders off social networking sites...

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Kansas high court to hear offender registry case

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday on whether to uphold a judge's ruling that removed a convicted child molester's name from the state's offender registry —...

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Recount confirms Beasley's win in NC Supreme Court race

RALEIGH — Results from a statewide recount are completed for the N.C. Supreme Court race between Cheri Beasley, an associate justice, and Mike Robinson, a Winston-Salem lawyer. Beasley came out...

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Social networking ban for sex offenders stays

RALEIGH (AP) – The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to a temporarily keep in place a state law banning sex offenders from social networking sites such as Facebook because children use them. N.C. Attorney...

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NC keeps social networking ban for sex offenders

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's Supreme Court has agreed to a temporarily keep in place a state law banning sex offenders from social networking sites such as Facebook because children use them....

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NC judges say social networking ban illegal

The state's law banning registered sex offenders from commercial social networking sites like Facebook that children can use is unconstitutional because it's vague and violates free speech, the North...

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State judges say social networking ban illegal

RALEIGH – The North Carolina law banning registered sex offenders from commercial social networking sites like Facebook that children can use is unconstitutional because it’s vague and violates free...

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NC Supreme Court: Social media ban for sex offenders remains in place for now

RALEIGH — A state law barring registered sex offenders in North Carolina from using social media websites where children are members will remain in effect while the state attorney general drafts an...

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