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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Cleveland RNC Convention Protest Zone Challenged
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawOn behalf of Citizens for Trump, the ACLU has filed a complaint against the City of Cleveland for its…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Connection with Syracuse Pride Week Festivities; Buffer Zone Not a Narrowly Tailored Restriction on Speech
As organizers here in Denver make final preparations for PrideFest this weekend, we report on a case stemming from a similar event scheduled in Syracuse, New York. A plaintiff who…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Holds No First Amendment Claim for Prisoner’s Journalistic Publication
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawDaniel McGowan was incarcerated in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), but had been transferred to the Brooklyn House…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Revives Student Group’s First Amendment Claim
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit yesterday revived a student group's First Amendment retaliation complaint against the Arizona Board of Regents for pulling the plug on the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit: Teacher Has No First Amendment Claim For Offensive Classroom Speech
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawA high school teacher confiscates a note passed in class containing rap lyrics with a racial slur and then…
Litigation & Trial
Hulk Hogan v Gawker Legal FAQ – In Their Lawyers’ Words
Updated at the bottom to add some thoughts, based on an article written by Hogan's lawyer after the verdict. In 1787, “Cincinnatus,” a common nom de plume of anti-federalists,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Congressional Research Service on Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawCongressional Research Service Reports are almost always a terrific resource and this new one - - - Judge Merrick…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Base Campaign Contribution Limit Challenge Headed to Full D.C. Circuit
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled today in Holmes v. FEC that a lower court erred in not certifying a challenge to federal base contribution limits…
Media Law Prof Blog
Simonson on the Right To Record the Police
Jocelyn Simonson, Brooklyn Law School, is publishing Beyond Body Cameras: Defending a Robust Right to Record the Police in volume 104 of the Georgetown Law School (2016). Here is the…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Wedding Business Loses First Amendment Challenge to Local Antidiscrimination Law
[embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevie_webb/8928726724/in/photolist-bnYjc-eAXgMg-eB14od-6NWU8B-6NWVDg-wPihDe/[/embed] The Hitching Post in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In an opinion issued last week, a federal district court in Idaho found that a wedding services business, Hitching Post, which…