Supreme Court rules critics cannot trademark others’ names.
In 2016, Marco Rubio sparred sharply with Donald Trump as the two vied for the GOP presidential nomination, at one point joking that Trump couldn’t be trusted because he has small hands. This thinly veiled anatomical insult eventually became part of a landmark First Amendment case which found its way to the Supreme Court. On June 13, the Court issued its decision on this matter, ruling that citizens do not possess a First Amendment right to trademark another person’s name without their consent, even if the subject of the trademark is a public figure.
Small Hands Trump Joke Takes Root
In his original debate stage quip, Rubio joked about Trump’s hand size, saying “you know what they say about men with small hands?” and claimed the Donald’s “hands are…
