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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Massachusetts Town Prevails in Nuclear Power Protest Case
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="445"] Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Source: Northeastern University.[/caption] A local nuclear power activist, who expresses concern about the possibility of a nuclear meltdown at a Massachusetts nuclear…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
District Court Finds in Favor of Pittsburgh Buffer Zone Law
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="494"] Protesters near Planned Parenthood in Pittsburgh. Source: CBS Pittsburgh.[/caption] Last week, a federal district court granted summary judgment to the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Court Lets Post-Abbasi Bivens Claim Move Forward
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (D.D.C.) denied individual defendants' renewed motion to dismiss a plaintiff's Bivens claim for retaliatory prosecution in violation of the First Amendment.…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Upcoming APA Webinar to Discuss First Amendment Issues
Webcast— Special Topics in Planning and the First Amendment: Signs, Adult Businesses, Religious Land Uses, and More December 14, 2017 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT CM | 1.50 |…
Global Trade Law Blog
FARA and the First Amendment: How will the United States Calibrate its Response to Foreign Propaganda?
Remember how we talked about bipartisan legislation introduced in March 2017 (which seems like a million years ago) to investigate the Russian media outlet RT for spreading propaganda without registering…
PrawfsBlawg
First Amendment Day at SCOTUS
Main Monday, November 13, 2017First Amendment Day at SCOTUSSCOTUS granted cert in three First Amendment cases today. The big one is National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Voting intrigue in SCOTUS capital case dissent on latest order list
Main November 13, 2017Voting intrigue in SCOTUS capital case dissent on latest order listThe Supreme Court wrapped up its formal pre-Thanksgiving public activities toady with the release of this order…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Certiorari on First Amendment Challenge to California’s Regulation of “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra…
The Right Coast
Free speech lawsuit: Professor paying $17,000 for erasing anti-abortion message | The Fresno Bee
A Fresno State professor will pay $17,000 and undergo first amendment training after he erased students anti-abortion chalk messages on campus, according to Alliance Defending Freedom. via www.fresnobee.com
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Requires Disclosure of Identifying Information on Website Rejecting First Amendment Claim
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in In Re Grand Jury Subpoena, No. 16-03-217, a panel of the Ninth Circuit rejected an…