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Art Law Perspectives
Considerations of Copyright and First Amendment Rights in Appropriation Art
By Jana Farmer
Case study of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith litigation. There is a consensus that Andy Warhol originated the saying, “Art is anything you can…
PrawfsBlawg
A state could stop this in the Fifth Circuit
Main Tuesday, September 20, 2022A state could stop this in the Fifth CircuitI have not had much to say about the Fifth Circuit's abomination in NetChoice. (Mike Masnick at TechDirt…
The Right Coast
Ricard v. USD 475 Geary County Schools School Board Members | ADFMedia.org
KANSAS City, Kan. In a victory for free speech at public schools, Fort Riley Middle School officials have agreed to pay $95,000 in damages and attorneys fees for violating a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Bhagwat on Why Social Media Platforms Are Not Common Carriers @AshutoshBhagwa8 @JournalSpeech @UCDavisLaw
Ashutosh Avinash Bhagwat, University of California, Davis, School of Law, is publishing Why Social Media Platforms Are Not Common Carriers in the Journal of Free Speech Law (2022). Here is…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Position Opening: First Amendment & Immigration Law Coordinator – Cornell Law School
First Amendment & Immigration Law Coordinator - Cornell Law School. Click here for the position description and information about applying.KJ
Municipal Minute
Court Rejects First Amendment Claim Involving Persons’ Failure to Provide ID
On August 2, 2022, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion finding no First Amendment violation where three individuals failed to provide their ID to a police officer…
Municipal Minute
School Board Members Blocking of Parents on Social Media Violated First Amendment
We have reported in the past about the potential implication of the First Amendment when public officials engage on social media. Not all conduct or activities by public officials will…
PrawfsBlawg
More on preferred first speakers and the minimization of counter-speech
Main Monday, July 25, 2022More on preferred first speakers and the minimization of counter-speechTwo recent examples of the "Preferred First Speaker" problem and how it is warping discussions of speech…
Religion Clause
10th Circuit: School Cannot Expel Student For Antisemitic Snapchat Post
In Cl.G. v. Siegfried, (10th Cir., July 6, 2022), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a high school student's claim that his 1st…
The Faculty Lounge
Judicial Ethics and School Prayer
My new essay at Law & Crime, explains how the SCOTUS supermajority should have paid more attention to judicial ethics in their recent decision allowing prayer on the high school…