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Legal experts anticipate SCOTUS will overturn drug user gun ban

(The Center Square) – Legal experts anticipate the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down a law barring unlawful drug users from possessing firearms. On Monday, justices of the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in U.S. v. Hemani, a case challenging a law that prohibits a person who “is

Parents' rights advocates hail SCOTUS ruling against secret gender transitions

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Mirabelli v. Olson deciding against California’s law that allowed for gender transitions of school children without parental knowledge has met with commendation from advocacy groups and law firms, with a legal counsel calling the decision one of the

Civil liberties groups say state Supreme Court wrongly decided free speech case

The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression are asking the Montana Supreme Court to reconsider a 2003 decision as it relates to a current free speech case because they said it sets a dangerous precedent by placing addition hurdles for speech to

Debate grows as states consider teacher strike bans

(The Center Square) – Many states are considering new policies affecting teachers’ ability to strike or participate in protests, and education officials and labor advocates continue to debate the legality of teacher strikes. The strikes are banned or heavily restricted in roughly 38 states and Washington, D.C. In states such

Hinkle brothers shrug off tensions with Jennifer Carlson over vaccine bills as Caleb eyes Senate

Hinkle brothers shrug off tensions with Jennifer Carlson over vaccine bills as Caleb eyes Senate

Bad blood from battling vaccine bills? Brothers and Reps. Caleb Hinkle, HD 68, and Jedediah Hinkle, HD 67, have a different perspective than Jennifer Carlson, a fellow Republican who is running for Caleb's House seat. Once facing a fight against incumbent Caleb Hinkle, Carlson faces a new primary

Police blotter: Man jailed for unlawful possession of firearm

Traffic stop During a routine traffic stop at around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday in the 600 block of South Wyoming Street, Joseph Z. Pruett, 32, of Butte was taken into custody. Pruett was jailed for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted person and operating a vehicle

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

(AMHERST, MASS.) A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced. This is an inflection point in the global debate over Big Tech liability: For the first time, an American jury is being asked to decide whether platform design itself