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ImmigrationProf Blog
Has Entertainment Media Glamorized the K-1 (Fiancée) Visa?
Guest blogger: Leslie Beaudin, law student, University of San Francisco:The United States offers the K-1 nonimmigrant visa for the foreign-citizen fiancée of a United States citizen. Through this visa, the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How many years and counting might reality TV star Josh Duggar now get after federal jury convictions on two child pornography charges?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this celebrity trial news from the AP: "Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody Thursday…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Sister Wives Stars File Cert to Supreme Court
By Tracy Thomas
Celebrity Plural Family Case Appeal Filed With the Supreme Court“Sister Wives” TV star Kody Brown is taking his case to Washington, as his attorneys have filed a last-ditch Supreme Court…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Will Mike Huckabee’s Forgiveness of Joshua Duggar Extend to Other Youthful Offenders?”
Main May 27, 2015"Will Mike Huckabee's Forgiveness of Joshua Duggar Extend to Other Youthful Offenders?"The question in the title of this post is the headline of this provocative Huffington Post…
Media Law Prof Blog
Duggar Show Off TLC Schedule
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the popular TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" is no longer on TLC's schedule after Josh Dugger, the oldest of the Dugger children, admitted to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Lowe’s Islamophobia and Message of Intolerance
From Elizabeth Potter of Unity Productions Foundation:Recently, Lowe’s Home Improvement pulled its ads from the TLC show All-American Muslim in response to an organization claiming the show "falsely humanized Muslims in…
The Faculty Lounge
TLC To Introduce Reality Show Featuring Sarah Palin
With the caveat, of course, that it will be as much about Alaska as Palin. Democracy and entertainment remain closely entwined...
Media Law Prof Blog
Skirmish Over Between Gosselin, TLC
Feel the love between Jon Gosselin and TLC. They've settled their differences, and although the settlement is confidential, it seems that we might be seeing the (divorced) parents and 8…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Tells Jon Gosselin To Stop Making Media Appearances, Making Comments About “Jon & Kate Plus 8”
Granting the preliminary injunction that TLC requested in the matter, a judge has told Jon Gosselin to cease making media appearances unless they are unpaid and must stop making public comments…
Media Law Prof Blog
Jon Gosselin, TLC Headed To Court
TLC and Jon Gosselin were supposed to face off in court today over Mr. Gosselin's appearances on shows other than the now cancelled Jon & Kate Plus 8. Mr. Gosselin…