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Barnette at 75
Main Sunday, October 07, 2018Barnette at 75I am happy to say that FIU Law Review's symposium Barnette at 75: The Past, Present, and Future of the "Fixed Star in Our…
New Jersey Law Blog
<i>Matal and Brunetti</i>: When Derogatory isn’t Derogatory
By Gene Markin
In 2017, two registration prohibiting provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946 (“The Lanham Act”) were found unconstitutional under the First Amendment. These decisions raise important considerations for persons and…
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Barnette at 75
Main Wednesday, September 26, 2018Barnette at 75 I have mentioned this previously, but FIU Law Review and FIU College of Law will host Barnette at 75: The Past, Present, and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Krotoszynski on Whistleblowing Speech and the First Amendment @IndianaLJ
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., has published Whistleblowing Speech and the First Amendment at 93 Indiana Law Journal 267 (2018). Here is the abstract.Alexander Meiklejohn, the iconic First Amendment scholar who…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Some Women Legal Scholars on the First Amendment
Over at "First Amendment News" (FAN) by Ron Collins, a symposium of 15 women scholars on the current state of the First Amendment. In her forward, Kellye Testy comments on…
ContractsProf Blog
Court refuses to judge what adequate spiritual leadership looks like
A recent case out of the Third Circuit, Lee v. Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, No. 17-3086, applies the ministerial exception of the First Amendment and refuses to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Steinberg on Morphed Child Pornography and the First Amendment @sgsteinberg
Stacey Steinberg, University of Florida College of Law, is publishing Changing Faces: Morphed Child Pornography and the First Amendment in the Emory Law Journal (2019). Here is the abstract.Technology has…
Media Law Prof Blog
Snow on Denying Trademark for Scandalous Speech
Ned Snow, University of South Carolina, is published Denying Trademark for Scandalous Speech in volume 51 of the UC Davis Law Review (2018). Here is the abstract.Recently in Matal v.…
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More on the ACLU’s conflicting principles
Main Tuesday, August 28, 2018More on the ACLU's conflicting principlesThe internal disputes over the ACLU's First Amendment activities is back, this time over the National Office's amicus brief in the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit: Public Food Sharing is Expressive Activity Under First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs v. City of Fort Lauderdale, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the…