States Battle Big Tech Over App Store Law to Protect Children

“They Want Unchecked Power”: AOC Demands Big Tech Breakup After Apple Prices Surge $500

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says it is time for the federal government to use antitrust laws to break up major tech giants like Apple. Speaking during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, the lawmaker argued that massive tech corporations are acting outside the bounds of standard corporate behavior while raising prices on consumers who [] “They Want Unchecked Power”: AOC Demands Big Tech Breakup After Apple Prices Surge 500

Judge rules government can't stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks

Judge rules government can't stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks

Supreme Court lets Texas restrict minors' access to app stores for the time being

Texas' App Store Accountability Act requires minors to have their parents' permission to download most apps. The Supreme Court says the law can go into effect as lawsuits continue in lower courts.

27 state AGs back Texas’ law requiring App Store oversight

A bipartisan coalition of 27 state attorneys general has urged the Supreme Court to uphold Texas’ App Store Accountability Act, arguing the law is a constitutional way to strengthen parental oversight and protect children online. In an amicus brief led by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, the states defended the Texas law, which requires app []...Click to read more

Age Verification for Apps

This week, Texas parents scored a massive victory when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block Texas’ landmark App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420). This decision affirms that states have every right to help families reclaim authority over their kids’ digital lives. Until now, parents trying to police harmful or inappropriate content have been forced... The post Age Verification for Apps first appeared on Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Childcare doesn’t need more subsidies. It needs less red tape

Last week, a New Mexico judge upheld the state’s universal childcare program, a victory for those who see greater public spending as the key to making childcare affordable. But there is a better way to lower costs: Reducing the regulations that make childcare so expensive in the first place. Consider the recent overhaul of the []

Judge rules government can't stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks

A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda.

Stung by SCOTUS, appeals court blocks California law that hides gender confusion from parents

The Supreme Court has spoken to every state legislature and school district in America: you do not have the right to keep parents in the dark about their own children, say lawyers for parents whose victory led to new appeals ruling.

Judge rules government can't stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks

A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda

Judicial reforms, technology-driven justice system vital for rule of law and investment: legal expert

Judicial reforms, technology-driven justice system vital for rule of law and investment: legal expert

Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids

Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids

Supreme Court Immigration Rulings Reshape Trump Administration Asylum and TPS Policies

WASHINGTON — A pair of sweeping Supreme Court immigration rulings have handed the Trump administration significant legal victories, fundamentally altering the nation’s approach to border enforcement and humanitarian protections. By addressing both Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and border asylum protocols, the high court’s decisions are set to impact nearly 1.3 million immigrants and the American []

Outrage: Federal and State Lawmakers Want Justice Over Biden DEA Allowing Fentanyl to Flow Into U.S.

Outrage: Federal and State Lawmakers Want Justice Over Biden DEA Allowing Fentanyl to Flow Into U.S.

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When the Supreme Court bases a decision on policy considerations, the downstream consequences can be significant. A compelling example is 1982’s Plyler v. Doe, when the court struck down a 1975 Texas law allowing public school districts to exclude children of foreign-born parents who were not “legally admitted” to the United States. The court’s concerns were obvious. Denying access to education would harm these children, who often had no choice in the decision to come to America, which could in Read More

Mexico to take US to court over deaths of 17 Mexican nationals

Mexican government building legal case against US over deaths of Mexican nationals in ICE custody and immigration enforcement operations

Gas giants use AI to raise prices, lawsuit says, another algorithmic hit to the cost of living

A federal lawsuit alleging that gas companies in California are colluding to keep prices high through their use of AI-powered software will test the state's antitrust law at a time of growing concerns about the effects of technology on the high ...

SNAP and SAVE Sounds Like a Grocery Chain, But They're Programs Fed Judges Just Spiked

SNAP and SAVE Sounds Like a Grocery Chain, But They're Programs Fed Judges Just Spiked

A Foreign-Born Judge Says States Cannot Verify Citizenship Before Elections

Washington D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago before later becoming a U.S. citizen, has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to expand the federal SAVE database so states could verify whether registered voters are American citizens. The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system was specifically designed to allow []

SCOTUS Just Issued Its Biggest Privacy Ruling in Nearly a Decade

The Supreme Court dealt Big Brother a blow on Monday with a landmark ruling for digital privacy rights in Chatrie v. United States. Conservative Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch joined the liberal bloc of Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson in finding that smartphone location data is subject to []

Illinois’s Tech Tax Tantrum

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The Supreme Court lets Texas turn Apple and Google into the internet’s age gate

Texas can now make Apple and Google check how old you are before you download an app. The Supreme Court just let the rule stand. The US Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law aimed at app stores, the Associated Press reports. The rule forces Apple and Google to verify users’ ages and [] This story continues at The Next Web

New Anti-Trust Bill Could Hurt Florida Small Business

If some lawmakers get their way, a new proposal to America’s antitrust laws could hurt the small business community in Florida ​The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) would target online marketplaces like app stores, and search engines that Florida small businesses use to locate new customers, process payments, etc. Supporters of the AICOA []

Supreme Court’s bombshell decisions have ‘major consequences’

Sky News contributor Kosha Gada says the Supreme Court of the United States’ bombshell decisions have major consequences. “You could say these were huge bombshell decisions with major, major, major consequences,” Ms Gada told Sky News Australia. “The birthright citizenship one, it’s not a surprise, most people did expect the Supreme Court would rule this way.”

Even without birthright citizenship, Supreme Court co-signs much of Trump's immigration agenda

Recent Supreme Court decisions raise significant consequences for immigrants who have made their lives in the U.S.

Meta working to combat child exploitation on apps

Meta working to combat child exploitation on apps

'Feelings of horror:' High Court slams law tying judge appointments to ideology

The government said the law is meant to increase ideological diversity among judges. Supreme Court President Isaac Amit warned that if it remains in force, 'in 15 years we'll have politicized judges and, regrettably, our judicial DNA is liable to change'

Wyoming judges: We must protect the independence of our judiciary

An independent judiciary is a safeguard not for judges — but for every American citizen, writes U.S. District Court Judges Alan B. Johnson, Kelly H. Rankin and Scott W. Skavdahl. The post Wyoming judges: We must protect the independence of our judiciary appeared first on WyoFile .

SCOTUS ruling on birthright citizenship could impact millions

Advocates say the court’s ruling could impact millions of people in the United States. The post SCOTUS ruling on birthright citizenship could impact millions appeared first on URL Media.

The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating

A pair of consecutive court actions this week brought renewed attention to policies in Republican-led states to control lessons and conversations on gender and race in public colleges and universities. A group of legal advocates sued the Texas Tech University system Wednesday over curriculum restrictions they say have created a chilling effect at the institution []

Educational freedom helps children, not systems

This law also does not legitimize a scheme to benefit private interests, as the letter claims. Rather, it simply benefits children.

Antitrust lawsuit on Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is just a ploy to stoke anti-Trump hate before midterms

Lawyers for Warner Bros. ­Discovery recently briefed top executives on the risks of an antitrust suit getting filed by some lefty state attorneys general to upend the 80 billion WBD sale to Paramount Skydance — and the operative word is “politics,” The Post has learned. The case is a dud on antitrust grounds, they said. []

On Armed American Radio: To Discuss the Supreme Court’s Unanimous 9–0 Second Amendment Decision and New Canadian Crime Statistics

Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about the landmark United States v. Hamani Supreme Court ruling that struck down the federal prohibition preventing many marijuana users from possessing firearms. They explained why the decision is far bigger than marijuana, how Justice Neil Gorsuch reinforced the Bruen historical-tradition test, [] The post On Armed American Radio: To Discuss the Supreme Court’s Unanimous 9–0 Second Amendment Decision and New Canadian Crime Statistics appeared first on Crime Prevention Research Center.

Supreme Court Sides With Bayer in Roundup Cancer Ruling, Wiping Out Thousands of Lawsuits

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that federal pesticide law blocks Roundup cancer lawsuits, erasing a Missouri gardener's 1.25 million verdict and ending thousands of claims against Bayer. Trump's DOJ backed the German company in court, enraging his own MAHA health movement.

So-Called AI Data Center “Ratepayer Protection Act” is Egregious Handout to Big Tech

Legislation is nothing more than a fig leaf to hide profiteering business-as-usual The post So-Called AI Data Center “Ratepayer Protection Act” is Egregious Handout to Big Tech appeared first on Food Water Watch.

Trump appointees are overruling DOJ lawyers scrutinizing corporate mergers

Justice leaders are blocking the enforcement of laws meant to protect consumers from price gouging, sources say. The post Trump appointees are overruling DOJ lawyers scrutinizing corporate mergers appeared first on MS NOW.

Federal judge hands another big loss to the Trump admin by blocking arrests at immigration courts nationwide

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a nationwide injunction, barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting migrants at immigration courts across the United States. The 71-page ruling marked one of the most significant judicial setbacks to the Trump administration‘s immigration agenda. It came the same day a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., handed...