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PrawfsBlawg
Campus speech (Updated)
Main Monday, February 08, 2021Campus speech (Updated)This story--a pharmacy grad student suing University of Tennessee after it voted to expel her over sexually suggestive and vulgar, but unquestionably protected, social-media…
PrawfsBlawg
What Southworth hath wrought
Main Thursday, February 04, 2021What Southworth hath wroughtBd. of Regents v. Southworth is an odd case. The action was brought by students at a public university challenging the use of…
PropertyProf Blog
Mandelker on Sign Ordinances and Free Speech
By Chris Odinet
Daniel R. Mandelker (Washington University) has posted Billboards, Signs, Free Speech, and the First Amendment on SSRN. Here's the abstact:This Article reviews the competing demands free speech law makes when…
On Point
COA: No First Amendment interest in legally changing name for transgender person
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. C.G., 2018AP2205, 1/20/21, District 3 (recommended for publication); case activity Ella–a pseudonym–was adjudicated delinquent for a sexual assault committed when she was 15. Ella’s legal name is masculine…
Land Use Prof Blog
Mandelker: Billboards, Signs, Free Speech, and The First Amendment
Dan Mandelker has just posted Billboards, Signs, Free Speech, and The First Amendment on SSRN. View the article here; the abstract is below:This Article reviews the competing demands free speech…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Social Media Bans Can Be Shaped by International Human Rights Law
By Prof. Sital Kalantry Twitter’s decision to ban former President Trump from its platform lacked consistency and transparency, causing a stir among both his supporters and opponents, but international human rights…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Employee Activism: Can an Employee Get Fired for Protesting?
Named by some as an “insurrection” or a “riot”, the January 6, 2021 incident at the U.S. Capital raises the questions of whether employers can fire employees for engaging in…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
A SWAT Sniper’s First Amendment Rights Impact a Police Department’s Ability to Discipline Him For a Facebook Posting
In 2015, someone shot a police officer and a suspect was later arrested. While off-duty, a SWAT sniper commented on a friend’s Facebook post which linked to an article about…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
New Article by Professor Mandelker Discusses Billboards, Free Speech Rights
Our friend and colleague, Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University in St. Louis, has published a new article, titled Billboards, Signs, Free Speech, and the First Amendment. The article…
Health Law Prof Blog
Diminishing Religious Liberties: COVID Under the First Amendment
Daniel Figueroa (University of Massachusetts), Diminishing Religious Liberties: COVID Under the First Amendment, SSRN:The coronavirus has caused an unprecedented shutdown of biblical proportions. As the world manages a pandemic, of…