2023-06-05 15:42:02
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.”
The Justice Department is supporting former and possibly future rival to President Joe Biden by urging the highest court to deny a trademark for the suggestive phrase “Trump too small” that a California man wants to put on T-shirts.
The case will be heard in the fall, one of two lawsuits on the court’s upcoming agenda involving Trump or one of his companies. Federal government officials said the phrase “Trump too small” might continue to be used, but not as a trademark because Trump had not consented to its use. But a federal appeals court said denying the trademark registration violated the right to free speech.
In recent years, the Supreme Court has heard a number of cases related to Trump. The judges have dealt with, among other things, Trump’s allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, his refusal to provide his tax returns to Congress, and his refusal to release other documents to New York prosecutors. York.
However, if the judges are tired of Trump-related cases, they don’t let it be known. Just last month, the high court agreed to hear a different Trump-related lawsuit stemming from disputes over the former Trump International Hotel in Washington. Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s refusal to release information regarding the Trump Organization’s hotel lease.
The latter case is unusual in that it has the Biden administration siding with Trump. The government defends the officials’ decision to reject the trademark application of Steve Elster, who tried to trademark the phrase “Trump too small.”
The phrase is a reference to a memorable exchange Trump had during the 2016 presidential campaign with Florida senator and GOP presidential rival Marco Rubio.
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