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Sentencing Law and Policy
After SCOTUS vacates First Amendment stay, Arizona Supreme Court delays execution
Main July 23, 2014After SCOTUS vacates First Amendment stay, Arizona Supreme Court delays executionAs reported in this new AP story, after the US Supreme Court late yesterday vacated the novel…
Sentencing Law and Policy
After Kozinski’s candor, what will SCOTUS due about First Amendment stay in Arizona capital case?
Main July 22, 2014After Kozinski's candor, what will SCOTUS due about First Amendment stay in Arizona capital case?The question in the title of this post follows up the news, reported…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Delays Execution Until Condemned Gets Information
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit on Saturday ordered the delay of a scheduled execution until the condemned prisoner gets information about the two-drug cocktail that Arizona…
Media Law Prof Blog
Is “More” More?
John D. Inazu, Washington University, Saint Louis, School of Law, is publishing More is More: Strengthening Free Exercise, Speech, and Association in the Minnesota Law Review. Here is the abstract.Prominent…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Ninth Circuit panel stays Arizona execution based on First Amendment (really?!?!) drug secrecy concerns
Main July 21, 2014Split Ninth Circuit panel stays Arizona execution based on First Amendment (really?!?!) drug secrecy concernsAs reported in this new New York Times piece, a "federal appeals court…
Employment Law Landscape
Supreme Court Blocks Union Dues Requirement for Illinois In-Home Health Care Providers
On June 30, 2014, the Supreme Court ruled unenforceable an Illinois "fair share" law that requires in-home health care service providers to pay union fees. Harris v. Quinn, 573 U.S.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit: No Free Speech for Complaining Teacher
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled today that a former teacher in the D.C. schools did not enjoy protection under the First Amendment after he was…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Finds Indiana’s Clergy-Only Marriage Solemnization Statute Violates the First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its 11 page opinion today in Center for Inquiry v. Marion Circuit Court Clerk, a panel of the…
The Right Coast
Man Sues Feds After They Target Him for Photographing Rainbow Art | Threat Level | WIRED
When 86-year-old photographer James Prigoff paused to photograph a natural gas storage tank in Boston 10 years ago, he was simply doing what countless of tourists have done before. The…
Education Law Prof Blog
NY High Court Opinion Shows Difficulty of Tailoring Cyberbullying Laws
The New York Court of Appeals recently struck down a local cyberbullying ordinance enacted by the Albany County Legislature on First Amendment overbreadth grounds. In 2010, the Albany County Legislature…