Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Nieves

Arresting a Reporter for Asking Questions Was a 'Blatant First Amendment Violation,' Sonia Sotomayor Says

The justice dissented from the Supreme Court's denial of a petition from a Texas journalist who was charged with felonies for practicing journalism.

Lawsuit Over Cancellation of April 2024 Pro-Palestine Protest at U Texas Can Go Forward

From Heilrayne v. Univ. of Texas at Austin, decided Jan. 27 by Judge David Ezra (W.D. Tex.) but just recently… The post Lawsuit Over Cancellation of April 2024 Pro-Palestine Protest at U Texas Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

Presence of Probable Cause Precludes Claim That Immigration Arrest Was Retaliation for First-Amendment-Protected Speech

So concludes a federal district in Louisiana, disagreeing with a Ninth Circuit panel.

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Texas City Council Approves $500,000 Payment to Former Member Who Said Her Advocacy Led to a Bogus Arrest

The settlement, which followed Sylvia Gonzalez's victory at the Supreme Court, also includes remedial First Amendment training for city officials.

On Remand, the 5th Circuit Again Blocks a Lawsuit by a Texas Reporter Arrested for Newsgathering

Even if Laredo cops punished Priscilla Villarreal for constitutionally protected speech, the appeals court says, they would be protected by qualified immunity.

SCOTUS Makes It Easier for Victims of Retaliatory Arrests To Vindicate Their First Amendment Rights

The justices ruled that "objective evidence" of retaliation does not require "very specific comparator evidence."

Will the Supreme Court Let Sylvia Gonzalez Sue the Political Enemies Who Engineered Her Arrest?

"Mayors should not be allowed to launder animus through warrants," the former city council member's lawyer told the justices.

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas case on politically motivated arrests

Former Castle Hills Council Member Sylvia Gonzalez sued the city after police arrested her for tampering with government records, which she said was in retaliation for her criticism of the city manager.

The Texas Tribune

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins March 2024 sitting

Welcome to the March 18 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Supreme Court Will Hear This Texas Woman's Challenge to a Politically Motivated Arrest

Sylvia Gonzalez, an anti-establishment politician, spent a day in jail for allegedly concealing a petition that she organized.

1

People

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Brett Kavanaugh

Sonia Sotomayor

Priscilla Villarreal

Sylvia Gonzalez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Organisations

the Supreme Court

the US Supreme Court

the 5th Circuit

The Ninth Circuit

the US District Court

the Institute for Justice

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

141,513 stories

Places

359,066 stories

The United States

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.

Download on the AppStore

Get it on Google Play