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PrawfsBlawg
Beckman v. Chicago Bears
Main Wednesday, June 21, 2017Beckman v. Chicago BearsRussell Beckman is a Green Bay Packers fan who holds season tickets with the Chicago Bears only so he can attend the Bears-Packers…
Drug & Device Law
Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel Holds that Central Hudson Survives Sorrell
Last week we bashed a Ninth Circuit Daubert decision. We feel a little bit bad about that, not because the decision wasn't bashworthy - no, Wendell really is a rotten…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Fishman: Rethinking Riley (First Amendment & Charitable Solicitation Regulation)
James Fishman (Pace) has posted Rethinking Riley: Applying Commensurate and Intermediate Scrutiny Standards to Judicial Evaluation of Charitable Solicitation Regulation. Here is the abstract:In Riley v. National Federation of the Blind,…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS Symposium: Happy talk and revolutions of historic proportions
Main Monday, June 19, 2017SCOTUS Symposium: Happy talk and revolutions of historic proportionsI am going to discuss the two free speech cases--Matai v. Tam and Packingham v. North Carolina--together as…
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SCOTUS Symposium: Busy Day
Main Monday, June 19, 2017SCOTUS Symposium: Busy DaySCOTUS came into today with seventeen remaining cases and two weeks to do. The Court cut a big chunk of that out on…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS declares unconstitutional North Carolina criminal law restricting sex offender access to social media
Main June 19, 2017SCOTUS declares unconstitutional North Carolina criminal law restricting sex offender access to social mediaToday was a big day for the First Amendment in the US Supreme Court.…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Naked and Apparently Unafraid in San Francisco: Ninth Circuit Upholds Public Nudity Ban
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300"] A nudist political protest in San Francisco. Source: Change.org.[/caption] This post was authored by Otten Johnson summer law clerk David Brewster. David is a rising third-year…
Media Law Prof Blog
District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction In Case In Which Blogger Published Home Addresses of California Legislators
The Eastern District for California has granted in part and denied in part plaintiffs' motion in Publius v. Boyer-Vine, in which the anonymous plaintiff blogger "Publius" brought a case under…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Labor Union’s Challenge to Spokane Bus Advertising Rules Moves Forward
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="2400"] A Spokane Transit Authority bus. Source: Spokane Public Radio.[/caption] The union representing Spokane Transit Authority employees will have an opportunity to continue its challenge to the…
SALT Shaker
The First Amendment Right to Pass-Through Fees — and Taxes
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman that a New York statute that prohibits identifying a surcharge to customers for credit card payments regulates speech and is…