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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Rap Music Video as Threat
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In its opinion in Commonwealth v. Knox, a majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a conviction for…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hsin on Theory and Doctrine in the Problem of Provocative Speech
JD Hsin, U. S. Department of Labor, is publishing Defending the Public's Forum: Theory and Doctrine in the Problem of Provocative Speech in volume 69 of the Hastings Law Journal…
Media Law Prof Blog
Snow on Denying Trademark for Scandalous Speech @UCDavisLawRev
Ned Snow, University of South Carolina, is publishing Denying Trademark for Scandalous Speech in volume 51 of the the UC Davis Law Review (2018). Here is the abstract.Recently in Matal…
The Right Coast
Facebook: Hey, sorry for making those PragerU videos disappear
Of course, Facebook is a private company so First Amendment protections don t apply. You don t have a civil right to get views on Facebook. That said I don…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit: Complaint Challenging Destruction of Photographs at Border Can Proceed
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Askins v. United States Department of Homeland Security, a panel of the Ninth Circuit vacated…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Agent Strzok and the First Amendment
Its a pretty clear First Amendment violation, firing Peter Strzok. The President and Rep. Meadows have made some hay about Agent Strzok supposedly using influence in regard to the Mueller…
PrawfsBlawg
Every snowflake is different
Main Sunday, August 12, 2018Every snowflake is differentHow is this complaint about NFL player protests from the head of the Broward County PBA different from the complaints from liberals (on-…
Subscript Law Blog
The NRA’s lawsuit against NY and Governor Cuomo, explained with infographics.
Has Governor Cuomo's issue with the NRA grown into First Amendment violations?The NRA and Governor Cuomo are not friends. Cuomo consistently has been an outspoken critic of the NRA, especially…
PrawfsBlawg
State action and NFL protests
Main Thursday, August 09, 2018State action and NFL protestsThis morning, I participated in a discussion group at SEALS on the NFL protests; other discussants were Todd Clark (UNC Central), dre…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
On Summary Judgment, District Court Upholds Lexington Newspaper-Distribution Law
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="326"] Under Lexington's ordinance, newspapers cannot be delivered to residential driveways. Image source: CBS San Francisco.[/caption] In a case that we previously reported on last winter, a…