Thu December 20, 2018 3:10 am
In other words, SCOTUS judges are literally above the law?
All 83 ethics complaints against Brett Kavanaugh dismissed
Fri December 21, 2018 5:39 pm
Fri December 21, 2018 5:45 pm
Fri December 21, 2018 6:45 pm
Fri December 21, 2018 9:14 pm
96583UP wrote:96583UP wrote:can't wait for ginsburg to announce she has 8 days to live and then Karl Rove gets sworn in
Fri December 21, 2018 9:49 pm
The Argonaut wrote:If RBG dies while Trump is President, I hope god sends her to hell
Fri December 21, 2018 10:49 pm
Strat wrote:i swear to fucking christ if this assclown gets to nominate yet another justice....
Fri December 21, 2018 10:56 pm
Bi_3 wrote:Strat wrote:i swear to fucking christ if this assclown gets to nominate yet another justice....
Sat December 22, 2018 1:43 am
Sun December 23, 2018 10:26 pm
simple schoolboy wrote:I wonder who will come out of the woodwork to accuse Amy Coney Barrett of sexual assault. Will there be more than 3 accusers this time, and will Avenatti be involved again?
Mon December 24, 2018 2:01 am
meatwad wrote:simple schoolboy wrote:I wonder who will come out of the woodwork to accuse Amy Coney Barrett of sexual assault. Will there be more than 3 accusers this time, and will Avenatti be involved again?
Curious why you think this yet Gorsuch had no such problems?
Mon December 24, 2018 2:09 am
Wed January 02, 2019 3:40 pm
Wed January 02, 2019 3:45 pm
Simple Torture wrote:I recently learned something that makes a lot of sense in hindsight: the 3rd amendment is the only amendment in the Bill of Rights never to be challenged at the Supreme Court. Federal courts have been asked to review a few cases on it, but it's never risen higher than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Ame ... rpretation
Wed January 02, 2019 4:01 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Simple Torture wrote:I recently learned something that makes a lot of sense in hindsight: the 3rd amendment is the only amendment in the Bill of Rights never to be challenged at the Supreme Court. Federal courts have been asked to review a few cases on it, but it's never risen higher than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Ame ... rpretation
We've not really had any situations that would call for the challenging of it, recently anyway, right?
Fri January 04, 2019 8:19 pm
Sat January 05, 2019 1:00 am
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a new front in the battle over free speech and will decide whether trademark protection can be refused to brands the federal government finds vulgar or lewd.
The case involves a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny trademark registration to a clothing line called FUCT.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down the century-old ban on protecting “scandalous” and “immoral” trademarks as a First Amendment violation, and the Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to reverse the decision.
“The scandalous-marks provision does not prohibit any speech, proscribe any conduct, or restrict the use of any trademark. Nor does it restrict a mark owner’s common-law trademark protections,” Francisco wrote. “Rather, it simply directs the USPTO to refuse, on a viewpoint-neutral basis, to provide the benefits of federal registration to scandalous marks.”
But the Supreme Court in 2017 ruled unanimously that another part of the trademark law — one that banned registering trademarks that were considered “disparaging”— violated the First Amendment.
That ruling, Matal v. Tam, came in a case that involved an Asian American rock group called the Slants, which tried to register the band’s name in 2011. The band was turned down by the USPTO because officials said it was likely to offend Asian Americans.
Sun January 06, 2019 12:49 am
This aspiring business will be keen[e]ly watching this case.BurtReynolds wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-to-decide-if-trademark-protection-can-be-denied-to-scandalous-brands/2019/01/04/83c18948-1061-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html?utm_term=.c4feea608177The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a new front in the battle over free speech and will decide whether trademark protection can be refused to brands the federal government finds vulgar or lewd.
The case involves a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny trademark registration to a clothing line called FUCT.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down the century-old ban on protecting “scandalous” and “immoral” trademarks as a First Amendment violation, and the Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to reverse the decision.“The scandalous-marks provision does not prohibit any speech, proscribe any conduct, or restrict the use of any trademark. Nor does it restrict a mark owner’s common-law trademark protections,” Francisco wrote. “Rather, it simply directs the USPTO to refuse, on a viewpoint-neutral basis, to provide the benefits of federal registration to scandalous marks.”
But the Supreme Court in 2017 ruled unanimously that another part of the trademark law — one that banned registering trademarks that were considered “disparaging”— violated the First Amendment.
That ruling, Matal v. Tam, came in a case that involved an Asian American rock group called the Slants, which tried to register the band’s name in 2011. The band was turned down by the USPTO because officials said it was likely to offend Asian Americans.
heh, FUCT.
Sun January 06, 2019 12:51 am
Green Habit wrote:This aspiring business will be keen[e]ly watching this case.BurtReynolds wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-to-decide-if-trademark-protection-can-be-denied-to-scandalous-brands/2019/01/04/83c18948-1061-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html?utm_term=.c4feea608177The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a new front in the battle over free speech and will decide whether trademark protection can be refused to brands the federal government finds vulgar or lewd.
The case involves a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny trademark registration to a clothing line called FUCT.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down the century-old ban on protecting “scandalous” and “immoral” trademarks as a First Amendment violation, and the Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to reverse the decision.“The scandalous-marks provision does not prohibit any speech, proscribe any conduct, or restrict the use of any trademark. Nor does it restrict a mark owner’s common-law trademark protections,” Francisco wrote. “Rather, it simply directs the USPTO to refuse, on a viewpoint-neutral basis, to provide the benefits of federal registration to scandalous marks.”
But the Supreme Court in 2017 ruled unanimously that another part of the trademark law — one that banned registering trademarks that were considered “disparaging”— violated the First Amendment.
That ruling, Matal v. Tam, came in a case that involved an Asian American rock group called the Slants, which tried to register the band’s name in 2011. The band was turned down by the USPTO because officials said it was likely to offend Asian Americans.
heh, FUCT.
Sun January 06, 2019 4:02 am