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Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Tenn. Billboard Act Violates First Amendment, Says Sixth Circuit
In a big win for noncommercial outdoor speakers and a loss for LBJ enthusiasts, the Sixth Circuit issued a major First Amendment decision striking down Tennessee’s Billboard Regulation and Control Act.…
Religion Clause
SPLC’s “Hate Group” Designation For Christian Ministry For LGBT Views Is Protected By 1st Amendment
In Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., (MD AL, Sept. 19, 2019), an Alabama federal district court, in an interesting 141-page opinion, dismissed claims by a Christian television…
Media Law Prof Blog
University of Georgia School of Law Seeks Full-Time Director for New First Amendment Clinic @UGASchool of Law
The University of Georgia School of Law is accepting applications for a full-time director for its new First Amendment Clinic. The position will begin in January 2020. Information about the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Norton on The Government’s Speech and the Constitution
Helen L. Norton, University of Colorado Law School, has published Introduction (Excerpt), The Government's Speech and the Constitution, from The Government's Speech and the Constitution (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Here…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
How The Tax Code Subsidizes Hate
Last Thursday, the Oversight Subcommittee of Ways and Means held a hearing entitled "How the Tax Code Subsidizes Hate." The hearing lasted about two and a half hours and can…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
JOBS: Tulane’s First Amendment Clinic and Immigrants’ Rights Clinic
By Jeff Baker
Via Prof. Laila Hlass: Tulane Law is thrilled to announce that we are hiring for a director and professor of practice to lead a soon to be established First Amendment Clinic. The…
Close-Ups
News at 11: Georgia court finds that television station has First Amendment right to produce investigative reports
By Lee S. Brenner, Rudolph G. Klapper
Georgia insurance adjuster and consultant Bruce Fredrics’ filed a lawsuit against a reporter relating to a proposed television exposé on Mr. Fredrics and his business. In Frederics v. Hon. Brad…
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Tulane receives $1 million gift to launch a new First Amendment legal clinic
From the Tulane News:Major Gift Launches First Amendment Clinic at Tulane With support from a nearly $1 million gift from the Stanton Foundation, Tulane Law School will launch a new law clinic dedicated…
Supreme Court Update
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (08-205), South Carolina v. North Carolina (138 Orig.), Kucana v. Holder (08-911), Wood v. Allen (08-9156), Presley v. Georgia (09-5270) and Wellons v. Hall (09-5731)
Greetings, Court fans! Unless you've been in seclusion since yesterday, you likely have been inundated with news regarding the Court's highly controversial campaign finance decision in Citizens United v. Federal…
Supreme Court Update
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (06-157), Federal Election Comm’n [FEC] v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. [WRTL] (06-969), Morse v. Frederick (06-278)
Greetings, Court Fans! We're back with more summaries. Today's group includes three cases from Monday involving the First Amendment that all came out essentially 5-4, with the conservatives taking the…