Clothing Line’s Vulgar Name Tests High Court

The justices are back in action today to kick off the last two-week oral argument session of the term. The first case could be a “scandalous” one, as Jordan Rubin and guest host Greg Stohr discuss in a special edition of this week’s “Cases and Controversies” Sneak Peek podcast.

• ‘Immoral’ or ‘Scandalous’: In Iancu v. Brunetti, the jurists of a certain age will ponder aloud whether it violated the First Amendment for the government to deny a trademark to a clothing line called “FUCT,” or whether the ban on federal registration of “immoral” or “scandalous” marks is ...