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Media Law Prof Blog
Strasser on Pickering, Garcetti, and Academic Freedom @CapitalLaw
Mark Strasser, Capital University Law School, has published Pickering, Garcetti, and Academic Freedom at 83 Brooklyn Law Review 579 (2018). Here is the abstract.While the United States Supreme Court long…
Supreme Court Update
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (06-157), Federal Election Comm’n [FEC] v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. [WRTL] (06-969), Morse v. Frederick (06-278)
Greetings, Court Fans! We're back with more summaries. Today's group includes three cases from Monday involving the First Amendment that all came out essentially 5-4, with the conservatives taking the…
Supreme Court Update
Randall v. Sorrell (04-1528 & 04-1697), Vermont Republican State Committee v. Sorrell (04-1530) and order list
Greetings, Court Fans! We're still working on the remaining decisions from last week and yesterday – here are a few more, including the Court's major decision yesterday striking down Vermont's…
Supreme Court Update
Two Bits of News
Hi everyone! No grants today, but two bits of news. First, the Court denied cert in Borgner v. Florida Bd. of Dentistry (02-165), but Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Ginsburg,…
Supreme Court Update
Garcetti v. Ceballos (04-473), Zedner v. United States (05-5992), Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. (04-433) and order list
Greetings, Court Fans! We're back from a brief hiatus, with five decisions and a few other items to report. Without further ado, here are the summaries: In Garcetti v. Ceballos…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal District Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction to Restore Press Pass
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
In a well-considered opinion in Karem v. Trump, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Rudolph Contreras, issued a preliminary injunction requiring the defendants President Trump and White…
PrawfsBlawg
MLS bans “political” signs
Main Tuesday, August 20, 2019MLS bans "political" signsDeadspin destroys MLS's policy prohibiting "Using (including on any sign or other visible representation) political, threatening, abusive, insulting, offensive language and/or gestures, which…
The Right Coast
Every Democrat in the Senate Supports a Constitutional Amendment That Would Radically Curtail Freedom of Speech Reason.com
Every Democrat in the Senate is backing a constitutional amendment that aims to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 decision in which the Supreme Court lifted legal restrictions…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sunstein on Falsehoods and the First Amendment @CassSunstein
Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School, has published Falsehoods and the First Amendment. Here is the abstract.What is the constitutional status of falsehoods? From the standpoint of the First Amendment,…
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Protest (and be punished) like it’s 1968
Main Monday, August 12, 2019Protest (and be punished) like it's 1968At the Pan Am Games, fencer Race Imboden knelt on the gold-medal podium during the anthem and hammer-thrower Gwen Berry…