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Supreme Court could revive lawsuit against Texas officer who shot motorist stopped for unpaid tolls

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls. The justices appeared to be in broad agreement that the New Orleans-based 5th U.

CNN · 7d

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on Texas’ age-verification law for porn sites

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that Texas may be permitted to require some form of age verification for pornographic sites, but left open the possibility that deeper First Amendment questions may not be resolved immediately.

The New York Times · 7d

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Texas Law Limiting Access to Pornography

The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.

KSL · 15h

Supreme Court leans toward reviving suit against cop who fatally shot driver in traffic stop

The Supreme Court appeared inclined on Wednesday to revive a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against the Houston police officer who fatally shot her son during a traffic stop in a case that could make it easier for plaintiffs to show that police unlawfully used excessive force.

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NBC News on MSN · 22h

'Split-second decision': Supreme Court returns to the question of police killings

It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes bleeding to death in the driver’s seat.

The Hill on MSN · 18h

Supreme Court questions standards for use of deadly force by police in Texas case

A routine traffic stop in Texas turned deadly within seconds when a police officer shot and killed 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes in 2016. The Supreme Court weighed Monday whether courts should examine everything that happened during the traffic stop or just the split seconds when the officer feared for his safety in deciding whether

USA TODAY on MSN · 15h

Police conduct in deadly traffic stop under Supreme Court microscope

The family of Ashtian Barnes, a 24-year-old killed in a traffic stop, say officer is responsible for circumstances that made him shoot.

KERA News36m

The Supreme Court says domestic abusers shouldn't have guns. Is Texas listening?

The Supreme Court upheld the federal law that bans domestic abusers under protective orders from having guns in the Rahimi ...

15hon MSN

Supreme Court likely to side with family of man killed by police after his rental car was pulled over for toll violations

The Supreme Court spent nearly 80 minutes Wednesday debating a traffic stop outside Houston that turned deadly in just five ...

Supreme Court wrestles with Texas age-verification requirement for pornography websites

Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.

7don MSN

Supreme Court will hear Texas anti-pornography law that challengers say violates free-speech rights

TEXAS, USA — A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a collision of free speech rights ...

The New York Times4d

Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom

The Supreme Court of Texas just heard oral argument in a case challenging a remarkably punitive and malicious attack on religious liberty by the state of Texas. That attack isn’t just ...

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