New hate crimes legislation is part of an agreement Gov. Hochul reached with legislative leaders in negotiations over the state budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to change that. In January, during ...

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, said the legislation could make it illegal to assert that Jews killed Jesus, punishing Christians for “believing the Gospel.” By Annie ...

In 1964, Justice Potter Stewart said of trying to define obscenity, “I know it when I see it.” But a new bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee would — for the first time — clearly define obscenity under ...