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The Right Coast
Gawker s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment – The New Yorker
But the lawsuit seems destined to have an enduring afterlife, and not just because of the revelation that it had been secretly financed by a tech billionaire with a vendetta…
Above the Fold
The First Amendment and Trademark Licensing at Public Universities: NORML Rules Apply
Next week (12/14/2016), in a marble tiled courtroom in frosty St. Paul, Minnesota, a panel of judges of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will wrestle with a question that…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
City’s Denial of Billboard Permits Does Not Violate First Amendment: Federal Court
Earlier this year, a federal district court in Washington granted the City of Port Orchard’s motion for summary judgment with respect to alleged violations of the First Amendment rights of…
K-12 Legal Insights
6 questions to ask before putting a pin in teacher expressive attire
Safety pins, confederate flags, pantsuits, red baseball caps. Schools face challenges in balancing, on one hand, teachers’ rights to express themselves through what they wear against, on the other hand,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“Loss of Citizenship” for Flag Burners?
This surely was the tweet of the day:Of course, our readers know that flag burning is protected speech - see Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman. It certainly isn't…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Issues Mixed Ruling in Important Prisoner-Rights Case
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Seventh Circuit today dismissed a state prisoner's First Amendment claim, but ruled that his Eighth Amendment claim can go forward.Each part of the…
PrawfsBlawg
The return of flag burning? (Updated)
Main Tuesday, November 29, 2016The return of flag burning? (Updated)Donald Trump tweeted this morning (after the sun was up, so no 3 a.m. jokes to be had) "Nobody should be…
Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot
I love the First Amendment (and I can still deplore hateful speech).
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Of course I'm angered and saddened about the increase in hateful speech across campuses (see today's latest story here). I don't respect the people who say such awful things. But…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Installation of Ten Commandments On City Hall Lawn is Government Speech, Violates First Amendment
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="351"] The Ten Commandments monument outside of Bloomfield's city hall. Source: wildhunt.org.[/caption] Earlier this month, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bloomfield, New Mexico’s installation…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Reminder: Equal Media Time Mandate Violates First Amendment
In Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974), a unanimous Supreme Court held that Florida's "right of reply" statute granting a political candidate a right to equal space to answer…