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Simple Justice
The Abhorrent Free Speech of Off-Duty Cops
Tim Cushing does an excellent job of saying what needed to be said about the Third Circuit’s decision in Fenico v. Philadelphia. The First Amendment protects speech, even the horrible…
PrawfsBlawg
The inanity of “Debate Me”
Main Wednesday, June 21, 2023The inanity of "Debate Me"Phillip Bump critiques the new demand for "debate," calling it a lazy cop-out and "a cudgel meant not to inform but to…
Municipal Minute
Federal Court Tackles First Amendment Challenge to University’s Public Comment Procedures
Recently, a federal district court denied a university's motion to dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit brought by union members. SEIU Local 73 v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.In…
PrawfsBlawg
Steve Shiffrin and Our Luck
Main Wednesday, May 31, 2023Steve Shiffrin and Our LuckMike Dorf reports that Steve Shiffrin, an emeritus professor at Cornell Law and a leading scholar on the First Amendment, has died.…
PrawfsBlawg
More graduation free speech nonsense
Main Wednesday, May 31, 2023More graduation free speech nonsensePopehat calls out BU President Robert A. Brown for a lack of commitment to free speech dressed in cancel-culture/free-speech-warrior bullshit. I wish…
PrawfsBlawg
CUNY Law graduation: Everyone screws up a free speech problem (Updated)
Main Wednesday, May 31, 2023CUNY Law graduation: Everyone screws up a free speech problem (Updated)I missed this story from two weeks ago, although the latest fallout continued yesterday. The student-chosen…
PrawfsBlawg
“Justice Breyer and the Establishment Clause”
Main Thursday, May 25, 2023"Justice Breyer and the Establishment Clause"Here is a (short) paper of mine, "Justice Breyer and the Establishment Clause: Notes on 'Appeasement,' 'Legal Judgment,' and 'Divisiveness'": Stephen…
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Some kind of culture
Main Thursday, May 18, 2023Some kind of cultureSo: A large organization plans to host and honor a particular group. People, including political leaders, object to the honoree's expression and call…
Municipal Minute
Supreme Court Will Hear Cases Involving Local Officials’ Social Media Activities
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two appeals of court of appeals decisions on challenges to local government officials' actions on social media. The first case…
PrawfsBlawg
Viewpoint discrimination in synagogue protests (Updated)
Main Wednesday, April 19, 2023Viewpoint discrimination in synagogue protests (Updated)I have written the past couple years about ongoing anti-Israel (drifting many descending into blatant anti-Semitic) protests outside an Ann Arbor…