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Green and Roiphe on Lawyers and the Lies They Tell @rroiphe @NYLawSchool
Bruce A. Green, Fordham Law School, and Rebecca Roiphe, New York Law School, are publishing Lawyers and the Lies They Tell in volume 69 of the Washington University Journal of…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Smith Survives – The Supreme Court’s Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Decision Does Not Alter the Free Exercise Analysis for Facially Neutral and Generally Applicable Laws
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution includes both an establishment clause and a free exercise clause. Of these, the free exercise clause is often invoked in the employment…
California Workplace Law Blog
9th Circuit Provides Important Reminders for Religious Employers
Recently, the 9th Circuit applied, in an unpublished opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court’s broad definition of minister for purposes of the “ministerial exception.” Under the ministerial exception, religious institutions have…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Hears Arguments in Austin Sign Case
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning in a case testing Austin's sign code, which allows digitization of on-premises signs,…
PrawfsBlawg
Academic freedom in Florida and the quiet parts out loud
Main Sunday, November 07, 2021Academic freedom in Florida and the quiet parts out loudPerhaps trying to prove my point that attacks on academic freedom are likely to spread throughout the…
PrawfsBlawg
Academic freedom in the Florida State University System
Main Wednesday, November 03, 2021Academic freedom in the Florida State University SystemI have been watching the situation at University of Florida closely, especially now that it appears this has implicated…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Argument Preview: Does an Elected Body Violate Free Speech When it Censures a Member?
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in Houston Community College System v. Wilson, the case testing whether an…
PrawfsBlawg
How would RBG have voted in Johnson and Eichman?
Main Friday, October 15, 2021How would RBG have voted in Johnson and Eichman?Katie Couric is being (rightly) criticized over revelations that she edited RBG's comments about Colin Kapernick and kneeling…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Court Nixes Tax on Billboards. Lamar Advantage GP Co., L.L.C. v. Cincinnati
“The city’s billboard tax infringes on the rights to free speech and a free press protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Justice Kennedy, opinion of the…
Religion Clause
Muslim Woman Can Move Ahead With Suit Over Required Removal Of Hijab For Booking Photo
In Chaaban v. City of Detroit, (EDMI, Sept. 7, 2021), a Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photograph after her arrest sued the city of…