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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Supreme Court to Minnesotans: Wear Your Political Buttons, Badges, and T-Shirts to the Polls
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="236"] Buttons like the one above would have been prohibited from polling places under the Minnesota law. Source: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie.[/caption] Tea Partiers in the Land…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
When Justices Cite to Oral Arguments
As the Supreme Court's term finishes with a flurry, this is a great time to glue yourself to Adam Feldman's data dives on his outstanding blog, Empirical SCOTUS (cross-posted since…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
In Case Involving a Gentlemen’s Playground and a Rocky Mount, Sexually Oriented Business Licensing Scheme is Found to (Mostly) Satisfy First Amendment Scrutiny
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="248"] The Gentleman's Playground in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Source: Yelp[/caption] This post was authored by Otten Johnson summer associate Lindsay Lyda. Lindsay is a rising third-year…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Rules Minnesota’s Restriction on Voters’ Political Apparel Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, the Court held that a provision of a Minnesota law…
PrawfsBlawg
(SCOTUS Term): Barnette at 75
Main Thursday, June 14, 2018(SCOTUS Term): Barnette at 75Today marks the 75th anniversary of W. Va. Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette, which John Q. Barrett commemorates at his blog on…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Indianapolis Prevails (Again) In Adult Business Case
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="454"] A Hustler Hollywood store in Fresno, California. Source: KSFN.[/caption] Last month, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s denial of an adult business’s…
Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
Trump and Twitter
Back in July, when this blog was just getting started, I posted twice (here and here) about a lawsuit brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University against…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Upholds “In God We Trust” on Currency
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Seventh Circuit this week rebuffed a First Amendment challenge to the phrase "In God we Trust" on our currency by a non-theistic Satanist.…
South Florida Trial Practice
Suing Consumer Bureaus: An Interesting Canadian Law Distinction
By W Mason
In the US, it is almost universally established that BBB grades are opinion statements entitled to absolute privilege under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Some inroads on BBB liability…
SDNY Blog
Judge Buchwald: Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users Under First Amendment
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Buchwald found that President Trump's practice of blocking users on Twitter (typically after they post a comment critical of the President) violates the First Amendment. The…