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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Free Conference Call on Post-Reed Speech Regulation Cases
On Wednesday, November 9th, to celebrate the end of election season, the American Bar Association's Section of Real Property, Trusts, and Estates will be holding a free teleconference on post-Reed speech…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Colorado Federal District Judge Enjoins State’s Ballot Selfie Ban
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn her opinion in Hill v. Williams, United States District Judge Christine Arguello enjoined Colorado Revised Statute § 1-13-712(1), which…
PrawfsBlawg
Upstream, downstream, and dry markets
Main Friday, November 04, 2016Upstream, downstream, and dry marketsPaul's post on ballot-selfie laws offers a good framework and illustration of what states are trying to accomplish with these prohibitions. And,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Strasser on Incitement, Threats, and Constitutional Guarantees: First Amendment Protections Pre- and Post-Elonis
Mark Strasser, Capital University Law School, has published Incitement, Threats, and Constitutional Guarantees: First Amendment Protections Pre- and Post-Elonis at 14 University of New Hampshire Law Review 163 (2016). Here…
SDNY Blog
Judge Castel Denies Injunction Against Enforcement of “Ballot Selfie” Ban
Today, Judge Castel denied an attempt to enjoin the enforcement of New York's Election Law § 17-130, or the so-called "ballot selfie" ban. Judge Castel found that the state's interest in…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Philly Airport Advertising Ban Fails to Pass Judicial Muster
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="369"] The advertisement above was proposed to be placed in the Philadelphia airport. Source: ACLU of Pennsylvania.[/caption] In August, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS takes upBooker/mandatory sentencing issue and two sex-offender collateral-consequences cases
Main October 29, 2016SCOTUS takes up Booker/mandatory sentencing issue and two sex-offender collateral-consequences casesI had a spectacular afternoon mostly off-line yesterday: I heard Sandy Levinson talk about his book on…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in First Amendment Rights of Sex Offenders to Access Social Media
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Packingham v. North Carolina involving the constitutionality of a state…
SDNY Blog
Judge Castel Expresses Skepticism of Delay in Application to Enjoin “Ballot Selfie” Ban
On Wednesday, a new complaint sought a TRO and preliminary injunction against a law banning so-called “ballot selfies” on the ground that the law violates the First Amendment. According to the…
PrawfsBlawg
Random items (Updated)
Main Wednesday, October 26, 2016Random items (Updated)• Last term in Heffernan v. City of Patterson, SCOTUS held that a public employee can state a First Amendment retaliation claim where he…