First Circuit Strikes Down Puerto Rico Ban on Certain Knowingly False Statements During Declared Emergencies
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Aug 6, 2026, 8:01 am147 ptsRodríguez-Cotto v. González-Colón, decided Tuesday by First Circuit Judges Gustavo Gelpí and Seth Aframe and Seventh Circuit Judge David Hamilton, struck down a Puerto Rico law (Article 5.14(a)) that makes it a crime "to purposefully, knowingly, or recklessly," "during a governor-declared state…
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