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You Can’t Make Me Say It: Does <em>Becerra</em> Make it Harder for the Government to Require Product Health Warnings?
By Trevor M. Jorgensen, Jill Berry
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling from last summer may have changed the trajectory of a high-profile pending commercial speech case. In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS to Hear Ministerial Exception Cases
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to two Ninth Circuit cases and consolidated them: Our Lady of Guadalupe…
PrawfsBlawg
Kennesaw State pays cheerleader $ 145,000 for having knelt
Main Friday, December 13, 2019Kennesaw State pays cheerleader $ 145,000 for having kneltI missed this controversy from 2017: Five cheerleaders at Kennesaw State knelt before a football game in September…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Judge Reinstates $250M Defamation Lawsuit Filed against The Washington Post
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
A federal judge reversed himself and reinstated part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann against The Washington Post. The lawsuit alleged that the…
PrawfsBlawg
Sport and speech, again (edited slightly)
Main Wednesday, November 06, 2019Sport and speech, again (edited slightly)Two items.1) The Washington Nationals visited the White House earlier this week, down several players, including outspoken pitcher Sean Doolittle. Doolittle…
Simple Justice
Sorkin To His Choir: Blame Facebook And Free Speech
It’s one thing for Aaron Sorkin to alter probably the most important American novel ever written so he could put on a play of woke tropes that would have made…
Close-Ups
Put Your Hands Together for the First Amendment: Satin Dolls Dancer Loses Defamation Suit Against <em>Daily News</em>
On July 10, 2019, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed with prejudice a defamation and false light lawsuit filed by a dancer at a…
PrawfsBlawg
Baseball and politics, again
Main Saturday, October 26, 2019Baseball and politics, againThe Astros win in Game 3 last night means there will be a Game 5 in Washington Sunday night, which means a game…
PrawfsBlawg
Aaron Sorkin wrote Donald Trump, Example No. 31
Main Friday, October 25, 2019Aaron Sorkin wrote Donald Trump, Example No. 31I have argued before that Aaron's Sorkin's The West Wing reflects and lauds the politics practiced in the Trump…
Simple Justice
Illinois Supreme Court Caves To Unconstitutional Revenge Porn Crime
Up to now, only one state supreme court, Vermont, held a revenge porn law constitutional, and it was largely due to the inadequacy of the arguments. Even so, the court…