Bob Van Voris

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Madlin Mekelburg |Bob Van Voris

California National Guard in Downtown Los Angeles. (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump can continue to use California National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles as a legal challenge over the deployment proceeds, a federal appeals court ruled. In a win for the White House, a three-judge panel in San Francisco on Thursday said the Trump administration can keep using the California National Guard to respond to protests over the president’s immigration raids.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Madlin Mekelburg |Bob Van Voris

President Donald Trump’s continued use of California’s National Guard to respond to protests in Los Angeles faced fresh scrutiny on Tuesday in a high-stakes showdown over the limits of his executive authority. A three-judge panel in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments for lawyers from both the Justice Department and California over whether the president’s deployment of the troops without the state’s approval was illegal.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bob Van Voris

Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued the state of New York claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech, extremism and disinformation violates the US Constitution. X filed a suit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, claiming provisions of New York’s “Stop Hiding Hate Act,” signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in December, violate state and federal free speech guarantees.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Bob Van Voris

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1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Bob Van Voris

By Bob Van Voris, BloombergElon Musk’s X Corp. sued the state of New York claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech, extremism and disinformation violates the US Constitution. X filed a suit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, claiming provisions of New York’s “Stop Hiding Hate Act,” signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in December, violate state and federal free speech guarantees.