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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
School Officials Get Immunity, but not the Board, When Board Excludes Speaker from Meetings
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Third Circuit ruled that school board officials are entitled to qualified immunity from a First Amendment claim by a disruptive speaker who the…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Bay Area Nonprofit Asks Supreme Court to Weigh in on Oakland Bin Ordinance
[caption id="attachment_2427" align="alignright" width="320"] Credit: Brad. K, Flickr. Image used subject to creative commons license.[/caption] Earlier this year, we reported on a Ninth Circuit decision upholding the City of Oakland’s…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit: School Uniform Requirement Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In its opinion in Frudden v. Pilling, a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel essentially disagrees with itself.The litigation, begun in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds Montanta Limit on Judicial Campaign Speech
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in French v. Jones, a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel rejected a First Amendment challenge to a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Says Permit Requirement for Outdoor Weddings Violates First Amendment
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit ruled this week that the standards for a conditional use permit in Ventura County left too much discretion to the decisionmakers…
Technology Law Dispatch
Sixth Circuit Suggests Liability for Copyright Infringement May Justify Reduced First Amendment Protection for Anonymous Speech, But Recommends Consideration of Context and ‘Practical Need’ for Unmasking
Ruling on what it characterized as an issue of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit suggested that a judgment of liability in a copyright infringement…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Upcoming Webinar –Special Topics in Planning and the First Amendment: Signs, Adult Businesses, Religious Uses, and More
The Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association is pleased to host the upcoming webcast Special Topics in Planning and the First Amendment: Signs, Adult Businesses, Religious Land…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Preview of Masterpiece Cakeshop Argument on First Amendment Challenge to Anti-Discrimination Statute
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawSet for oral argument Tuesday, December 5, 2017, the high visibility case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil…
Plane-ly Spoken
Freedom of Speech and YouTube…or Not
There was a great deal of controversy last month when some individuals who had posted videos of what appeared to be illegal UAS operations began receiving letters from the FAA. …
Plane-ly Spoken
UAS “Freedom of the Press! First Amendment!” Not!!
Some of the biggest names in news and broadcasting joined the fight over whether Raphael Pirker should be fined $10,000 for “carelessly and recklessly” operating his UAS at the University…