Month: July 2017

High Court Strikes Down Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders

In Packingham v. North Carolina, 582 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a North Carolina law prohibiting registered sex offenders from accessing social media runs afoul of the First Amendment. The Court’s decision, which hig...

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Month: July 2017

High Court Strikes Down Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders

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