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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Rejects Challenge to Erogenous Zoning
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Seventh Circuit ruled today that a retailer was not likely to succeed on its First Amendment challenge to Indianapolis's adult-store zoning regulations.The case,…
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Lewis & Clark faculty statement on free expression
Main Wednesday, May 02, 2018Lewis & Clark faculty statement on free expressionJeff Schmitt argues that speech norms should be different in law schools, given the style and manner of legal…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Researchers May Challenge the Constitutionality of the CFAA “Access” Provision as Applied to Web Scraping
Such Scraping “Plausibly Falls within the Ambit of the First Amendment” The Ninth Circuit is currently considering the appeal of the landmark hiQ decision, where a lower court had granted…
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What is a heckler’s veto?
Main Wednesday, April 18, 2018What is a heckler's veto?Paul's post about reexamining the doctrine surrounding the heckler's veto, in response to some comments on this post, leads to an open…
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Does the First Amendment Let Us Punish Pure Thought?
Main Monday, April 16, 2018Does the First Amendment Let Us Punish Pure Thought?In my prior post, I noted a live question as to how, if at all, the First Amendment…
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High Stakes: Iowa Ends Up Paying $1M For Blocking Pro-Marijuana T-Shirts
The state of Iowa will be covering the bill in a protracted lawsuit over Iowa State University’s decision to bar a chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of…
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Card Counting and the First Amendment
Main Thursday, April 12, 2018Card Counting and the First AmendmentNeuroscientists continue to get better at reading our minds. (Technically they correlate observable brain data to our reported thoughts, but what…
Drug & Device Law
Guest Post – First Amendment Protects Manufacturer From Prop 65 Warning (and Maybe More)
By Bexis
Today's guest post by Reed Smith associate Jennifer Eppensteiner concerns an interesting First Amendment development. Everybody knows how California's wildly overwrought Proposition 65 has turned that state's products, from beer…
Employment & Labor
Cyclist fired for flipping off Presidential motorcade sues former employer
You may recall Juli Briskman, the biker that flipped the finger to Trump’s passing motorcade, and lost her job after a photo she posted went viral.Ms. Briskman is not taking…
Media Law Prof Blog
Conrad on Matal v. Tam: A Victory for the Slants, a Touchdown for the Redskins, But an Ambigious Journey for the First Amendment and Trademark Law @Sportslaw1
Mark A. Conrad, Fordham University School of Business, is publishing Matal v. Tam — A Victory for the Slants, A Touchdown for the Redskins, But an Ambiguous Journey for the…