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Food Safety News
Letter From The Editor: Gag me for thinking First Amendment is about truth
By Dan Flynn
Opinion Let's just call it over. Animal agriculture has lost another one. And this one looks to be the match. Iowa's "agriculture production facility fraud" law was struck down by…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Iowa Federal Judge Strikes Ag-Gag Statute as Violating First Amendment
In an Order in Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds, United States District Judge James Gritzner for the Southern District of Iowa declared Iowa Code § 717A.3, violated the First…
Law Trends
Supreme Court Grants Cert in <i>Brunetti</i> Appeal
By Bob Cumbow
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in the case of Iancu v. Brunetti. This, as you may recall, is an appeal regarding the constitutionality of the Lanham…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Certiorari on First Amendment Challenge to Trademark Rejection of Immoral or Scandalous Mark
The Court granted certiorari in Iancu v. Brunetti regarding the constitutionality of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), which prohibits the federal registration of “immoral” or…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Vermont Town Denies Garage Permit And Gets A Middle Finger Instead
[caption id="attachment_2589" align="alignleft" width="343"] Ted Pelkey's middle finger to the Town of Westford. Source: boston.com.[/caption] Fortunately for those of us in the practice of First Amendment-related law, expressive conduct can…
For Good
Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Right to Secretly Record Public Officials in Public
Last week, in Martin v. Gross, Chief Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of our clients, finding…
Mauck & Baker Blog
In the Spirit of Giving – Alliance Defense Fund
By Mauck Baker
This holiday season, would you like to give a gift that will be used for good, replenished, and gifted again? Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has a grant program with the…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
California City Successfully Moots Challenge By Withdrawing Election Sign Rules
Earlier this fall, a federal district court in California entered an order dismissing a challenge to election sign regulations promulgated by the City of Coalinga, California. Coalinga had a sign…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Invalidates Criminal Statute Prohibiting “Encouraging” Noncitizen to Remain in the United States
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Wallace Tashima (with Marsha Berzon and Andrew D. Hurwitz), issued an interesting First Amendment opinion in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Strikes Law Criminalizing “encouraging or inducing” Aliens to Come or Stay in U.S.
The Ninth Circuit ruled in U.S. v. Sineneng-Smith that a federal statute that criminalizes "encourag[ing] or induc[ing]" an alien to come to, to enter, or to reside in the United…