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Incontestable Blog
First Amendment A Defense in Rosa Parks Right of Publicity Suit Against Target
An Alabama district court recently granted summary judgment for Target Corporation in an action brought by the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development over Target’s sale of certain…
Incontestable Blog
First Amendment A Defense in Rosa Parks Right of Publicity Suit Against Target
An Alabama district court recently granted summary judgment for Target Corporation in an action brought by the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development over Target’s sale of certain…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
En Banc Ninth Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Ballot Initiative Sponsor Requirements
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe en banc Ninth Circuit's opinion in Chula Vista Citizens for Jobs and Fair Competition v. Norris rejected First…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari to School’s Ban on American Flag Clothing for Cinco de Mayo
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a summary order today, the United States Supreme Court listed among the cases denied certiorari the controversial "Cinco…
Media Law Prof Blog
Corporate Speech As a Beneficiary of the First Amendment
John C. Coates, IV, Harvard Law School, has published Corporate Speech and the First Amendment: History, Data, and Implications. Here is the abstract.This Article draws on empirical analysis, history, and…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds Rejection of Anti-Israel Ad on Metro Bus
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit this week upheld a county's decision to reject an ad critical of Israel (and U.S. support for Israel) on the side…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Groups Sue to Stop NSA’s Upstream Surveillance
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe ACLU filed suit this week on behalf of several media and human rights organizations challenging the NSA's "upstream surveillance" program. The plaintiffs argue…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: The First Amendment and the Selma March
Over at the Los Angeles Times in an Op-Ed, ConLawProf Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. argues that present First Amendment doctrine would preclude the famous Selma march being commemorated on its…
Education Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc In Off-Campus Student Speech Case
The Fifth Circuit has granted rehearing en banc to review a panel's decision that a school's disciplining a student for off campus rights violated his First Amendment rights. In Bell v. Itawamba…
Media Law Prof Blog
Requiring An Opt-In To Protect Data Privacy
Joseph A. Tomain, Georgia State University College of Law, has published Online Privacy and the First Amendment: An Opt-In Approach to Data Processing in volume 83 of the University of…