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Media Law Prof Blog
Hudson on Justice Kennedy and the First Amendment @BelmontLaw
David L. Hudson, Jr., has published Justice Kennedy and the First Amendment at 9 Houston Law Review Off the Record 49 (2019). Here is the abstract.This essay reviews some of…
Municipal Minute
No First Amendment Violation in County’s Termination of Employee
A federal appeals court recently ruled in favor of a county being sued by a former employee who claimed the County violated her First Amendment rights by terminating her because…
Media Law Prof Blog
Blank on City Speech
Yishai Blank, Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law, is publishing City Speech in volume 54 of the Harv. C.R.-C.L. Rev. Here is the abstract.Cities speak. A rich array of…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUSBlog Preview: First Amendment retaliatory arrests
Main Monday, November 19, 2018SCOTUSBlog Preview: First Amendment retaliatory arrestsI have a SCOTUSBlog preview of Nieves v. Bartlett (to be argued November 26), considering whether a plaintiff seeking damages for…
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White House must return Acosta credentials
Main Friday, November 16, 2018White House must return Acosta credentialsAccording to news reports, District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled from the bench, granting a TRO based on the failure to provide…
Municipal Minute
First Amendment Lawsuit Against Cook County Circuit Court Not Appropriate in Federal Court
Courthouse News Service had filed the federal lawsuit against the Cook County Circuit Court claiming that the Court violated its First Amendment rights when it failed to provide immediate access…
PrawfsBlawg
C.J. Cregg = Sarah Sanders (Updated)
Main Monday, November 12, 2018C.J. Cregg = Sarah Sanders (Updated)Attorney David Lurie argues in Slate that CNN should sue the Secret Service over revocation of reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials.…
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Packers fan finds counsel for First Amendment claim against Bears
Main Friday, November 02, 2018Packers fan finds counsel for First Amendment claim against BearsI have written about Beckman v. Chicago Bears, a lawsuit by a Bears season-ticket holder and Packers…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds Transit Advertising Is Nonpublic Forum, But Prohibition on Demeaning or Disparaging Advertising is Unconstitutional
[caption id="attachment_2566" align="alignright" width="401"] AFDI sought to run an advertisement that was nearly identical to a U.S. State Department advertisement. Source: American Freedom Law Center.[/caption] In a case that has…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Preliminary Injunction Entered Against Louisiana Anti-Nudity Statute in First Amendment Case
[caption id="attachment_2563" align="alignleft" width="204"] An adult business in Louisiana. Source: Facebook.[/caption] Last month, the federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invalidated a Louisiana statute prohibiting nude erotic dancing…