Elonis’s case may be a harbinger of things to come. As social media sites like Facebook and YouTube explode in popularity, we’re witnessing an unsettling rise in cases where rap lyrics or ...

Anthony Elonis was arrested by the FBI, which had been monitoring his posts. At issue is the standard by which a lower court viewed rap lyrics and messages from Elonis, who often posted ...

Elonis was prosecuted under a law banning illegal threats after he posted Facebook rants in the form of rap lyrics about killing his estranged wife, harming law enforcement officials and shooting ...

Elonis himself claims he was quoting rap lyrics. “This sounds like a road map for threatening a spouse and getting away with it,” Justice Samuel Alito said. “You put it in rhyme and you put ...

The messages often appeared in the form of rap lyrics, and Elonis frequently signaled that they were forms of creative expression: He adopted the name "Tone Dougie" as a Facebook alter ego ...

Elonis had been found guilty of posting on Facebook rap lyrics containing violent language and imagery concerning his ex-wife, coworkers and law enforcement. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed Elonis ...

the United States ruling. Anthony Elonis posted threats on social media, in a skit and in rap lyrics targeting former co-workers, his estranged wife and elementary schools. When FBI agents visited ...

The Supreme Court is mere months away from a decision that could affect literally every American who posts rap lyrics to social media. Today, the Court began hearing arguments for Elonis v.

WASHINGTON — Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class ...

At the crux of Killer Mike and Nielson’s op-ed is the story of Anthony Elonis, a 27-year-old male whose violent postings on social media, delivered in the form of rap lyrics, was used as ...

WASHINGTON - Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and ...