The North Carolina law has economic consequences, too, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kennedy mused that any number of free-speech doctrines doomed the law. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Packingham came to the attention of the authorities in 2010, when he wrote on Facebook about having a traffic ticket dismissed. Mr. Montgomery said the North Carolina law left sex offenders with plenty of other ways to exercise their First Amendment rights. And the First Amendment includes not only the right to speak, but the right to receive information.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kagan agreed.

Source: New York Times February 27, 2017 20:37 UTC