RAP Act of 2025

This bill would change the federal evidence rules to limit how a person’s creative or artistic expression can be used against them in court. It adds a new rule (numbered 416) that restricts when this kind of material can be brought in as evidence against a defendant.

• Who is affected: People whose creative or artistic expression might be used in court, and judges and lawyers in federal cases.
• What changes: It narrows when creative or artistic expression can be used as evidence against a defendant by adding a new rule to the Federal Rules of Evidence.
• Where: Federal courts, because it amends the Federal Rules of Evidence.