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first amendment
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Finds Private Property Loitering Buffer Zone Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its relatively brief opinion in today in Bell v. City of Winter Park, a panel of the Eleventh…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Minnesota Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Advising or Encouraging Suicide
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday reversed a conviction for advising or encouraging another in committing suicide, ruling that the conviction violated the First Amendment. …
Administrative and Regulatory
Activists Aim to Choke “Ag Gag” Laws in Idaho with First Amendment
Activists who want to be the modern-day Upton Sinclair of the agricultural industry don't have much luck now in Idaho unless a 17 plaintiff suit manages to succeed. [caption id="attachment_511178"…
Media Law Prof Blog
Public Forum Doctrine and the First Amendment
John D. Inazu, Washington University, St. Louis, School of Law, is publishing The First Amendment's Public Forum in the William and Mary Law Review (2015). Here is the abstract.The quintessential city…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawWriting for a unanimous Court in 1995, Justice Souter in Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group held…
Texas Bar Blog
Twibel, Tumblr, and the First Amendment: Ongoing themes at SXSW Interactive
With the option to hide behind avatars, handles, and screen names, people can be downright mean, even libelous, while communicating online. When defamatory statements are published online and a victim…
Drug & Device Law
Guest Post – Some Thoughts on the FDA’s Latest Off-Label Guideline
By Bexis
This guest post is from Reed Smith's Lindsey Harteis, who as always gets all the credit and shoulders all the blame for what follows. Her post is about the First…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“The First Amendment’s Public Forum”
The title of this post comes from this intriguing paper by Professor John D. Inazu, the abstract of which states: The quintessential city park symbolizes a core feature of a…
Education Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds School’s Suppression of American Flag T-Shirts on Cinco de Mayo Day
One of our recent posts noted the publication of R. George Wright's article, Post-Tinker, 10 Stan. J. Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 1 (January 2014). Considering one of Professor Wright's points--…
PrawfsBlawg
Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, Membership Crime, and the First Amendment
Main Wednesday, March 05, 2014Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, Membership Crime, and the First AmendmentThe criminal trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghayth is beginning in the Southern District of New York. Abu Ghayth…