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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: United States Senate Supports Free Press
Senate Resolution 607 , introduced by Senators Brian Schatz and Chuck Schumer, and affirmed unanimously, provides:Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects the press from government…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit: Complaint Challenging Destruction of Photographs at Border Can Proceed
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Askins v. United States Department of Homeland Security, a panel of the Ninth Circuit vacated…
PrawfsBlawg
Flag protests and public employees
Main Saturday, August 11, 2018Flag protests and public employeesThe assumption among supporters of protesting NFL players and critics of the NFL is that the league is trampling on the players'…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Strikes State “Threat” Law
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Fifth Circuit ruled in Seals v. McBee that Louisiana's statute that criminalizes "threats" is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. The…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Denies Injunction Against Transit Rule Banning Religious Content
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled yesterday in Archdiocese of Washington v. WMATA that the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority rule that bans religious content advertising…
Media Law Prof Blog
Franks on Feminism and the First Amendment @ma_franks
Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami School of Law, is publishing Beyond 'Free Speech for the White Man': Feminism and the First Amendment in Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence (Cynthia…
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Capital Center Director featured in ABA Journal
By Capital Center for Law & Policy
McGeorge School of Law’s Professor, and Capital Center for Law & Policy Director, Leslie Gielow Jacobs was recently quoted in “Threatening Words: Courts lack clarity in determining when rants and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Shaw on Speech, Intent, and the President @CornellLaw
Katherine Shaw, Cardozo School of Law, is publishing Speech, Intent, and the President in volume 104 of the Cornell Law Review. Here is the abstract.Judicial inquiries into official intent are…
Mauck & Baker Blog
Overturning the Ban on Reparative Therapy – Your Support is Needed!
Written by John W. Mauck - Last month the U.S. Supreme Court issued a very encouraging ruling in the NIFLA case (National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, dba NIFLA,…
PrawfsBlawg
Three items for light reading and listening
Main Tuesday, July 24, 2018Three items for light reading and listeningTwo unconnected items I found interesting.1) David Sims of The Atlantic on the 20th anniversary of Saving Private Ryan and…