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A state law against making intimidating speech will be receiving First Amendment scrutiny from the Indiana Supreme Court. It all started with the breakup of a marriage. Unhappy that he was losing contact with his children, Daniel Brewington unleashed a tirade of incensed internet posts against the judge and others involved in his divorce proceedings, including calling the judge a child abuser and making an ominous reference to being “quite the accomplished pyromaniac.” For his trouble, he was tried and convicted …

Arizona cannot mandate prospective voters to provide documentation above and beyond federal requirements when they register to vote, the Supreme Court ruled today. The high court handed down a 7-2 decision striking down the state’s law that people provide proof of citizenship to join the electorate rolls. By federal law, residents need only swear that they are citizens, and Arizona has no right to add more requirements to the process, the ruling clarifies: The states must “accept and use” the …

Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, provided information of the U.S. government’s spying program to The Washington Post and The Guardian. But this weekend, to show their support hundreds of people took to the streets in Hong Kong, where he is hiding, according to CBS News. As of June 16, more than 80,000 people signed a petition on the website “We the People,” asking President Obama to pardon Snowden, calling him a national hero for revealing excesses of …

In two lawsuits filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on June 11, the agency accused two large employers of using criminal background checks to illegally discriminate against black workers. On the same day, the EEOC filed suit in South Carolina against BMW and in Chicago against Dollar General, alleging that the companies, by requiring contracted employees and prospective employees to submit to criminal background checks, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s prohibition against race discrimination.  …

  Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine reports that corporate employers are getting away with unfair labor practices because of a politically driven dispute over the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) authority. Two federal appeals courts have ruled that three out of five members of the NLRB were not properly appointed. Thus, the board does not have enough members to operate. In Washington state, the NLRB cited a Pepsi bottler, Noel Canning, for unfair labor practices. The company refused to honor an …