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Congress · 119th Congress

Can Congress find a path on government ‘jawboning’ limits?

↵↵The Texas Republican has not yet released bill text for his anti-jawboning push, but any legislation that would prohibit indirect censorship would need to draw a careful line around what kind of communications

Supreme Court clarifies when a gun law is constitutional

Much of the ruling expounded on what the Supreme Court had ruled in a 2022 decision that expanded gun rights, which stated that gun control provisions had to comport with the text and "historical tradition

Is this the year that no one watches political spots?

2016, Hillary Clinton gave lip service to the cause in her convention acceptance speech: "We need to appoint Supreme Court justices who will get money out of politics and … we’ll pass a constitutional amendment

Congress · 118th Congress

Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws

“We’ve had consistent interpretation of the law, both under Section 230 and the First Amendment, as to how it applies to the intermediaries that host all of our speech,” Mackey said.

Congress · 117th Congress

Schumer: Senate closing in on omnibus amendments deal

Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., expects to get a vote on her amendment to backfill the cash-strapped World Trade Center Health Fund for first-responders who got sick after the 9/11 cleanup efforts.

Congress · 117th Congress

Both parties claim wins in massive omnibus spending bill

First vote Tuesday Democrats introduced the bill in the Senate, where a procedural vote is expected Tuesday to kickstart the floor process by moving to bring up the shell legislative vehicle.

Congress · 117th Congress

Arizona GOP leader takes Jan. 6 subpoena fight to Supreme Court

“In a first-of-its-kind situation, a select committee of the United States Congress, dominated by one political party, has subpoenaed the personal telephone and text message records of a state chair

Policy · 117th Congress

Supreme Court bolsters right to carry handgun in public

The Supreme Court extended the Second Amendment right to carry a handgun outside the home for the first time Thursday, in a 6-3 decision that struck down New York’s restrictions on concealed carry licenses

Congress · 117th Congress

Lawmaker lawsuits over Jan. 6 tested in Trump push to dismiss

The lawsuits at this stage bring up questions about presidential immunity for speaking on governmental actions, the First Amendment free speech rights of a president and whether a speech could be

Congress · 117th Congress

Trump lawyers indignant in brief on eve of impeachment trial

That’s in just the first five paragraphs of a 78-page defense brief that has Trump’s arguments against impeachment — that the Senate has no jurisdiction to convict a former president, that the article