Soto v. Texas
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on February 21, 2023.
Issue
(1) Whether a law that criminalizes expressive speech is immunized from First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct; and (2) whether a law that punishes the repeated sending of electronic communications with intent and likely result to "harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend" another is unconstitutionally overbroad.
Dec 13, 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2023)Jan 23, 2023Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
Jan 25, 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
Feb 21, 2023Petition DENIED.
Recommended Citation: Soto v. Texas, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/soto-v-texas/