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The Right Coast
Sorry, kids, the 1st Amendment does protect ‘hate speech’ – LA Times
A recent poll of college students attitudes toward free speech (in general and on campus) is a mixed bag.via www.latimes.comI hate you!You hate me!We're one, great big family!We a great big…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
What is Religious Exercise Under RLUIPA?
By Evan Seeman, Karla Chaffee, John Peloso
In last week’s, RLUIPA Round-Up we reported about the case Hale v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (D. CO 2015) in which the court found that the Church of the Creator…
Education Law Prof Blog
Free Speech in Higher Education: Call for Papers by Al Brophy
By Derek Black
Last August I posted an announcement from the First Amendment Law Review (FALR) here at the University of North Carolina School of Law for submissions for brief but engaging articles related to free…
PropertyProf Blog
Riley & Carpenter on Who Owns Indian Culture
Angela Riley (UCLA) & Kristen Carpenter (Colorado) have posted Owning Red: A Theory of Indian (Cultural) Appropriation (Texas Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In a number of recent controversies, from…
Media Law Prof Blog
Revenge Pornography and the First Amendment
Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University School of Law, is publishing Revenge Pornography and First Amendment Exceptions in the Emory Law Journal. Here is the abstract.The Supreme Court has recently declared that…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Revives “Juggalo” First Amendment Lawsuit
In 2011, the National Gang Intelligence Center—part of the FBI—included fans of the band “Insane Clown Posse,” also known as “Juggalos,” in its report on gang activity, describing Juggalos as…
Drug & Device Law
The Flood Gates Are Open: Amarin’s Win Spurs another First Amendment Challenge to the FDA’s Regulation of Off Label Promotion
The FDA may be in for a lot of this. In the wake of Amarin’s preliminary injunction win, another pharmaceutical company has brought a First Amendment challenge to the FDA’s…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit Finds Teacher’s Blog Comments About Students Not Protected By First Amendment Issue
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Munroe v. Central Bucks School District, a divided panel of the Third Circuit found that…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
Conflict Minerals: New D.C. Circuit Decision, but no Rule Changes – Yet
By Sandra Flow, Nick Grabar, David Flechner, Nina E. Bell
The SEC’s conflict minerals rule was the subject of a new Court of Appeals decision this week, but for companies required to comply with the rule nothing has changed yet. Industry…
ContractsProf Blog
Federal Judge Allows Stephen Salaita’s Suit Against the University of Illinois to Proceed
In a case we have been following for a year (here, here, and here, for example), Stephen Salaita is suing the University of Illinois for withdrawing its offer to hire him…