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Media Law Prof Blog
The History of Categories of Speech and the First Amendment
Genevieve Lakier, University of Chicago Law School, is publishing The Invention of Low-Value Speech in the Harvard Law Review. Here is the abstract.It is widely accepted today that the First…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and “Murderous Exhortations”
Marc Rohr, Shepard Broad Law Center (Nova Law School) has published 'Threatening' Speech: The Challenge of Murderous Exhortations as NSU Shepard Broad Law Center Research Paper No. 14-002. Here is…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
City council meeting cancelled because of attendee’s ‘F*ck The Police’ hat
The man who wore the hat went by the name of "Bijan," and he was politely asked to remove it. But the eponymous villain wouldn't, of course. The mayor's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
First Circuit Finds Adult-Entertainment Zoning Regulations Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Showtime Entertainment v. Town of Mendon, the First Circuit reversed a grant a summary judgment…
Media Law Prof Blog
Changing Traditions In First Amendment Jurisprudence
Steven J. Heyman, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, is publishing The Conservative-Libertarian Turn in First Amendment Jurisprudence in volume 117 of the West Virginia Law Review (2014).…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Judicial Campaign Contribution Case
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn an Order today, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the closely-watched case of Williams-Yulee v. The…
CAFA Law Blog
Jail Term Not a Bar For Jail Inmate’s Ability to Communicate
Underwood v. Menfre, 2014 WL 67644 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 8, 2014). Aggrieved by her inability to write letters to her husband with sensitive, personal information, and send him inter alia…
Education Law Prof Blog
Protests in Denver Raise Valid Curriculum Concerns, But Not Legal Ones, Yet
By Derek Black
High school students protesting proposed changes to the history curriculum in Denver area schools have gained national attention in recent days. The pertinent portion of the proposal before the school…
Life Sciences Legal Update
First Amendment, False Claims, and Off-Label Promotion Allegations
By Lisa Baird
The Drug & Device Law blog recently posted an analysis of an interesting case, United States ex rel. Solis v. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that takes an issue the government has…
The Faculty Lounge
The Irony of Justice Stevens’ Speech Entitled “Oops!”
On September 12, retired Justice Stevens delivered the 2014 Harold Leventhal Lecture to the Administrative Law Section of the D.C. Bar. The spech, entitled "Oops!", pointed out what the Justice…