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Education Law Prof Blog
From Zero Tolerance to Weapons Instruction
By Derek Black
South Carolina legislators have put forth two bills to require gun safety and Second Amendment curriculum in schools. Putting aside the fact that South Carolina's school system was declared constitutionally…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Montana Supremes Grant Right to Counsel in Private Adoption, Termination Cases
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Montana Supreme Court ruled in In the Matter of the Adoption of AWS and KRS that state constitutionaly equal protection guaranteed the right…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Challenge to Specialty License Plate Denial
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Walker v. Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans involving a First…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Attorney “Advertising” Discipline
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a per curiam Order of the Federal Circuit in In re Reines, the court disciplined an attorney for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Media coalition sues Arizona on First Amendment grounds seeking more info on executions
Main October 26, 2014Media coalition sues Arizona on First Amendment grounds seeking more info on executionsAs detailed in this article from The Guardian, the "secrecy imposed by Arizona on the…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“This man carries a loaded gun around your children every day…”
...reads the lawnsign Kimberly Edson placed in her yard to inform her neighbors that an area man legally carries a concealed handgun. The sign contains a picture of Matthew Halleck,…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Oklahoma’s botched execution amounted to “medical experimentation” and torture, says inmate’s family
Clayton Lockett's execution by lethal injection for the 1999 murder of 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman in rural Oklahoma did not go well. After being declared unconscious, Lockett grimaced in pain and…
Technology Law Source
‘Patent troll’ cannot “derail” FTC investigation
By Jay L. Levine, Allen Carter
Have to give them an “A” for effort. “Patent troll” MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC sued the FTC hoping to shut down its investigation into the company because the investigation violated…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Judicial Campaign Contribution Case
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn an Order today, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the closely-watched case of Williams-Yulee v. The…
CAFA Law Blog
Jail Term Not a Bar For Jail Inmate’s Ability to Communicate
Underwood v. Menfre, 2014 WL 67644 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 8, 2014). Aggrieved by her inability to write letters to her husband with sensitive, personal information, and send him inter alia…