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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Restrictions on Structures in Dallas Park Upheld
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="476"] Klyde Warren Park in Dallas. Source: klydewarrenpark.org[/caption] Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a restriction on structures larger than four feet by…
LawSites
Free Speech, Hate Speech and Censorship: Conversation with Eugene Volokh and Rob Bertsche
In our latest episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look at the contours of free speech, hate speech, censorship and the First Amendment. Can and should hate speech be…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Tosses Antitrust, First Amendment Claims of Third Party Presidential Candidates
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled yesterday that Libertarian and Green Party candidates in the 2012 presidential election lacked standing to challenge their exclusion from presidential…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Court Grants Motion for Preliminary Injunction in California Sign Code Case
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="388"] One of the signs in question in the Baldwin Park litigation. Source: The Legal Lens.[/caption] Last month, a federal district court in California ruled that the…
The Right Coast
The obscene effort to shame Trump s Jews | New York Post
So, to Milbank, Trump s treasury secretary is a greedy, power-hungry money lender and a traitor to his people. I liked the column better in the original German.via nypost.comNot sure…
The Right Coast
First Amendment in Peril? | City Journal
What few people yet understand is that Google and Apple have used their duopoly status to revoke the First Amendment on mobile phones. Because the Internet is now majority mobile,…
PrawfsBlawg
Heckler’s Veto?
Main Saturday, August 19, 2017Heckler's Veto?According to reports, tens of thousands of counter-protesters showed up in marches and rallies in Boston, vastly outnumbering the few hundred people attending the the…
The Relativity Blog
Secret e-Discovery: 9th Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to National Security Letters
By Relativity
In the latest legal challenge to national security letters, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a constitutional challenge to the prohibition against notifying users, holding that the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Finds First Amendment Violation by Politician Blocking Constituent on Facebook
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In a well reasoned opinion in Davison v. Loudon County Board of Supervisors, United States District Judge James Cacheris…
The Right Coast
The First Amendment and what it means for free speech online
The internet as we know it is nearly 30 years old. Sure, the web is a bit more complicated and more intricately connected than it was 30 years ago, but…