No. 22-5315

Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof censorship clear-and-present-danger constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation statutory-vagueness
Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First Amendment requires the government to regulate speech with narrow specificity, even when the speech is provocative and challenging but not likely to produce a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2022)

Attorneys

Ryan Rydell Bonner
Ryan Rydell Bonner — Petitioner