Rappers’ violent lyrics can’t be used against them in court under Democrats’ new bill
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House Democrats are pushing the RAP Act to ban prosecutors from using artists' lyrics against them in court, saying the practice violates the First Amendment
The pair introduced the bill last Congress, but it failed to gain any traction. The measure, they say, would add a presumption to the Federal Rules of Evidence that would limit the admissibility of evidence of an artist's creative or artistic expression against that artist in court. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
The underpinning of such a law, they say, is the freedom of expression granted by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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