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The reality police television show "Cops" did not intrude on a Florida woman's privacy when her interactions with police during a traffic stop were recorded without her knowledge, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in Spilfogel v. Fox Broadcasting Company.
The U.S. Constitution protects angry, anti-gay protests at the funerals of fallen soldiers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a controversial case that pitted free-speech rights against the privacy of grieving family members.
The U.S. Supreme Court explored the constitutional limits of offensive speech Wednesday during oral arguments regarding a highly-charged controversy that pits the privacy rights of a fallen Marine’s bereaved father against the First Amendment rights of anti-gay protestors to expound their message at military funerals.
The Supreme Court will decide whether a federal appeals court erred when it threw out a $5 million verdict for a father who sued religious protesters for picketing his son's funeral after he died in Iraq, the Associated Press reported.
