2025-08-15
Hard to say if Kav speaks for a majority, but signaling that the law is probably unconstitutional yet can remain in effect bc its effects aren't dire is interesting in light of how SCOTUS has handled some Trump emergency applications... [embedded post]
New York Times
SCOTUS rejects NetChoice's emergency appeal to block a Mississippi law that requires age verification and parental consent for teens to join social networks
Also: There are other big pending applications. Gabriel Malor / @gabrielmalor : It's absurd. SCOTUS has held that even temporary violations of the First Amendment constitute irrep...
2024-01-02
NEW: Chief Justice Roberts's end-of-year report on America's judiciary is out. Nothing on ethics codes, scandals or historically low approval ratings. Instead: a rather anodyne look at how judges' use of technology has evolved over the decades.
Reuters
In his year-end report, SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field, urging “caution and humility” when adopting the tech
Chief Justice John Roberts. https://www.cnn.com/... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : US Supreme Court's Roberts Urges ‘Caution’ as AI Reshapes Legal Field
Blander than usual, which is saying something, but the report is (characteristically, for Roberts) snappily written. Headline: AI isn't going to put judges out of a job. [image]
Reuters
In his year-end report, SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field, urging “caution and humility” when adopting the tech
Chief Justice John Roberts. https://www.cnn.com/... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : US Supreme Court's Roberts Urges ‘Caution’ as AI Reshapes Legal Field
2023-10-21
NEW at SCOTUS: The Biden administration gets temporary *relief* from a lower-court ruling that had blocked federal officials from communicating with social-media companies. Justices Alito, Gorsuch & Thomas dissent, saying the Biden adm had been pressuring sites to censor posts. [image]
New York Times
SCOTUS pauses a ruling banning Biden administration officials from contacting social media platforms about misinformation and agrees to hear the DOJ's appeal
The court agreed to hear the administration's appeal, setting the stage for a major ruling on what the government may do to encourage sites to delete asserted misinformation.