Justice Elena Kagan: Last News

The Supreme Court blocked a Texas social media law that prohibited major platforms like Facebook and YouTube from restricting content based on viewpoint.

A death row killer has been executed using a controversial nitrogen gas method after surviving his first lethal injection attempt.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor In a ruling that could have vast implications in the copyright world, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that images of Prince created by Andy Warhol that were based on photos taken by Lynn Goldsmith violated her copyright, according to CNN and multiple news outlets. The ruling was 7-2. The court rejected arguments made by the late Warhol’s foundation that the work was sufficiently transformative and did not violate copyright laws. While the work was created in the 1980s, Thursday’s ruling arrives against the backdrop of AI, which has created vast copyright implications over what constitutes originality. Warhol coopted many photographs, logos and other forms of artwork — ranging from soap boxes to iconic photographs — into his works.

The Supreme Court gave temporary victories to a Colorado church and New Jersey religious leaders that challenged their respective states coronavirus restrictions on the number of people allowed at prayer services, vacating lower court rulings and calling for the cases to be reconsidered after the court shot down similar prohibitions in New York. In the Colorado case, the High Plains Harvest Church sought an injunction against the state’s limits on the number of people allowed at services and the Supreme Court granted the relief in a 6-3 decision.The three liberal justices opposed Tuesday’s ruling in a dissent authored by Justice Elena Kagan, arguing that the case was moot because Colorado had already lifted the restrictions.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a request from Republicans to stop Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s (D) plan to mail ballots to all registered voters.  Kagan, who has jurisdiction over the case based on geography, denied the request without referring the case to the full court.