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Media Law Prof Blog
Gregory P. Magarian, Managed Speech: The Roberts Court’s First Amendment (OUP, 2017) @WashULaw
Gregory P. Magarian, Washington University, St. Louis, has published Managed Speech: The Roberts Court's First Amendment (Oxford University Press). Here is a description of the book's contents from the publisher's…
SDNY Blog
DOJ: President Trump’s Blocking of Twitter Users Is Not “State Action” For First Amendment Purposes
In papers filed Friday, lawyers for President Trump sought summary judgment in a First Amendment challenge to the President's blocking of users on Twitter (see our prior coverage here). The…
PrawfsBlawg
Against unity
Main Wednesday, October 11, 2017Against unityUnity is the enemy of the freedom of speech.If unity is a primary value or principle, then free speech cannot exist. If the goal is…
PrawfsBlawg
University of Wisconsin bans counter-speech
Main Saturday, October 07, 2017University of Wisconsin bans counter-speechAn intentionally provocative headline, but not too far off. The Board of Regents adopted a policy that "students found to have twice…
The Right Coast
For Some BART Panhandlers, Begging Is Their Job « CBS San Francisco
While BART is well aware of the panhandling groups, It s a First Amendment protected right to panhandle, said Alvarez.Panhandling may be legal, but where is the money going?It turns…
CAP·impact
Hate Speech and the First Amendment
Hate Speech [audio mp3="http://capitalcenter.lawschoolblogplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/408/2017/09/Podcast-Jacobs-Hate-Speech-2017-09-08-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3"][/audio] Yesterday, the California State Senate Committee on the Judiciary held its first hearing on “Combating Hate While Protecting the Constitution.” The Senate Committee…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Partisan Gerrymandering
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In oral arguments today in Gill v. Whitford, the United States Supreme Court confronted the constitutionality of gerrymandering on…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Another Reason Why Justice Gorsuch Matters: Public Sector Unions
The Court today agreed to take up a First Amendment challenge to a public sector union fair-share law in Janus v. AFSCME. The case pits non-members' First Amendment right not…
SDNY Blog
Judge Castel Upholds New York’s “Ballot Selfie Ban” After Bench Trial
Today, Judge Castel formally upheld New York State's "ballot selfie ban" at the conclusion of a bench trial. The ruling comes after Judge Castel denied a preliminary injunction shortly before the November…
PrawfsBlawg
Sports and Speech: From the ridiculous to the sublime
Main Wednesday, September 27, 2017Sports and Speech: From the ridiculous to the sublimeI have not weighed in on the craziness about protests in the NFL, because so much of this…