Lyrics on Trial: A Closer Look into California’s Legislation

Sarah Gilbert — MEI Fellow  In the first post in our series on the various RAP Acts around the United States, we analyzed Louisiana’s version which recently was enacted. In this post, we analyze California’s version, which was actually enacted first. In September 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 2799, Jones-Sawyer “Evidence: admissibility of creative expressions,” which had passed both… Continue reading Lyrics on Trial: A Closer Look into California’s Legislation