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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Electioneering Disclosure Requirement
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit ruled yesterday in National Association for Gun Rights, Inc. v. Mangan that Montana's electioneering disclosure requirements did not violate the First…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
July Wrap-Up: First Amendment Arrest Edition
By Lauren Kuley
The Sixth Circuit wrapped up July with two decisions addressing similar protest-arrest claims under the First Amendment. But the panel opinions and outcomes looked quite different. Parma police parody: Anthony…
PrawfsBlawg
Second Circuit revives Palin defamation suit
Main Tuesday, August 06, 2019Second Circuit revives Palin defamation suitDecision here. I wrote about the case here.The court of appeals correctly criticized the district court's weird use of an evidentiary…
Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: A Sign of the Times
The billboard went up. It reflected the views of the owner of a North Carolina gunshop, which means it started with two strikes against it. The targets of its message…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Court Rules Brewer’s Government Shutdown Claim Moot
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge Christopher R. Cooper (D.D.C.) dismissed as moot a case by Atlas Brew Works arguing that the government's inability to approve its beer label…
Religion Clause
6th Circuit: Street Near Planned Parenthood Clinic Is Traditional Public Forum
In Brindley v. City of Memphis, (6th Cir., July 24, 2019), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a street adjacent to a Planned Parenthood clinic is a…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Pennsylvania’s Billboard Rules Found to Violate First Amendment
[caption id="attachment_2644" align="alignright" width="320"] An Adams Outdoor billboard in Pennsylvania. Source: Adams Outdoor.[/caption] In a case that we’ve reported on previously, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held last week that…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
The “Commander-in-Tweet” Returns: When a Social Media Account Creates a Public Forum, Critics Get to Stay
Two years ago, we wrote about a possible First Amendment challenge involving Donald Trump’s practice of blocking certain Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account. While it was unclear at the…
Consumer Protection Review
SCOTUS: Private Entities Operating Forums for Speech Are Not State Actors
By Ariel Glickman, Natasha Amlani, Ryan Mrazik
Against the background of lawsuits and debate about the role of communications service providers in moderating speech on their platforms, the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in, affirming that private…
#AssociateLife @BilzinSumberg
Breakthrough Miami Visits Bilzin Sumberg
On Wednesday, the other summer associates and I had the opportunity to teach a group of middle school students the relationship between freedom of speech under the First Amendment and…