Tag: First Amendment
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Part 5 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 First Amendment, void-for-vagueness, Commerce Clause – pick your poison. This bill violates them all. As highlighted in part 4 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 demonstrably creates enforcement nightmares. It’s also a constitutional minefield that courts will dismantle piece by piece for…
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Part 2 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 When “knowingly training” AI to be nice becomes a 15-60 year sentence, the bill’s language creates prosecutorial chaos. As discussed in Part 1 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 (companion HB 1455), filed December 18, 2025, by Sen. Becky Massey (R), proposes…