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Media Law Prof Blog
Grimmelmann on Whether Robot Transmissions Are Speech For First Amendment Purposes @grimmelm
James Grimmelmann, Cornell Law School, is publishing Speech in, Speech Out in Robotica: Speech Rights and Artificial Intelligence (Ronald K. L. Collins and David M. Skover, eds., Cambridge University Press…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Homeless “Tent City” Is Not Expressive Conduct Protected by the First Amendment, Says Federal Court
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="429"] Tents along Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Source: Chicago Tribune.[/caption] Earlier this month, in a case challenging the denial of permits to erect a homeless “tent…
PrawfsBlawg
(SCOTUS Term): Municipal gadflies on a busy day at SCOTUS
Main Monday, June 18, 2018(SCOTUS Term): Municipal gadflies on a busy day at SCOTUSSCOTUS resolved five cases on Monday. This included the partisan-gerrymandering cases (about which, more later), while leaving…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Rules Minnesota’s Restriction on Voters’ Political Apparel Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, the Court held that a provision of a Minnesota law…
Tobacco Law Blog
Deeming Regulations Litigation Update–Case Transferred, Appointments Clause Briefing Scheduled
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
There has been new activity in two of the three Deeming Regulations challenges filed by vapor-industry plaintiffs represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation (“PLF”): Moose Jooce, et al. v. Food…
AdLaw By Request®
Should the President’s tweets create a “public forum”?
You might be aware that the President of the United States has a Twitter account. You might not be aware that each time he uses the account to post information…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Ban on “Commercial Advertising Material” Too Vague to Survive Constitutional Challenge
[caption id="attachment_2495" align="alignleft" width="229"] Photo Credit: Robert Coure-Baker. Used subject to creative commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/[/caption] In an effort to curb visual clutter and reduce litter, Chicago’s sign ordinance has, since…
Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
Two Updates And a Blog Addition
1) The government filed its appeal in the Knight First Amendment Institute suit (the Twitter case) tonight (June 4). A press release from Knight indicates that those Trump plaintiffs blocked…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Are Mandatory Assessments For Generic Advertising of Ag Commodities Constitutional?
OverviewFederal law regulates the handling of agricultural commodities in commerce by establishing marketing orders with the purpose of insuring that consumers receive an adequate supply of a commodity at a…
Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
Trump and Twitter
Back in July, when this blog was just getting started, I posted twice (here and here) about a lawsuit brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University against…