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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal District Judge Finds Anti-Riot Act Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn an Order in United States v. Rundo, United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney for the Central District of…
PrawfsBlawg
Politics and sports, again
Main Wednesday, May 29, 2019Politics and sports, againThe Fresno Grizzlies, the Washington Nationals' AAA affiliate, is being criticized for a video it showed on the scoreboard during its Memorial Day…
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We have Nieves (finally)–now what?
Main Tuesday, May 28, 2019We have Nieves (finally)--now what?After six months, the Court finally decided Nieves v. Bartlett. My SCOTUSBlog analysis is here.I am guessing the long delay owed to…
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The difficulty of civil rights relief
Main Saturday, May 25, 2019The difficulty of civil rights reliefI may give my Civil Rights class the story of San Francisco police raid on a free-lance journalist seeking the identity…
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Universal declaratory judgments
Main Thursday, May 23, 2019Universal declaratory judgmentsChief Judge Saris of the District of Massachusetts entered a final judgment declaring invalid a Massachusetts law prohibiting surreptitious recording of government officials. This…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Does the Superseding Assange Indictment Implicate the First Amendment?
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawAs anticipated, the Department of Justice has filed a superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.The 18 count indictment…
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Waiting for Nieves v. Bartlett
Main Tuesday, May 21, 2019Waiting for Nieves v. BartlettSCOTUS heard argument in Nieves v. Bartlett on November 26, the first case of the December sitting. This means it will be…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Pro Se Plaintiff Claims Victory Against Kansas Community In Sign Code Dispute
Earlier this month, a federal district court in Kansas awarded summary judgment to a plaintiff who claimed that the City of Williamsburg’s sign code violated the First Amendment. The plaintiff,…
Religion Clause
Recent Articles of Interest
From SSRN:Stephanie H. Barclay, First Amendment Categories of Harm, (95 Indiana Law Journal (2020 Forthcoming)). Paul Horwitz, A Close Reading of Barnette, in Honor of Vincent Blasi, (13 FIU L.…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
From Clear and Present Danger to Imminent Lawless Action: 100 Years of First Amendment Jurisprudence — Best Chicago Libel Defamation and Slander Lawyers Near Oak Brook and Naperville
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
This year marks one hundred years since the birth of modern First Amendment jurisprudence. In 1919, as the United States was recovering from the effects of World War I, the…