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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleSex 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....
View ArticleAttorney 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...
View ArticleHousing 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...
View ArticleKansas 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...
View ArticleIllinois 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...
View ArticleMissouri 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...
View ArticleNC 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...
View ArticleKansas 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 —...
View ArticleRecount 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...
View ArticleSocial 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...
View ArticleNC 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....
View ArticleNC 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...
View ArticleState 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...
View ArticleNC 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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