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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Government Dismisses Bulk of Indictment Against Barrett Brown
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn the controversial indictment by federal government of Barrett Brown (pictured below), one of the most startling First Amendment…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Mar. 4, 2014
Texas Observer talks with leader of anti-gay marriage group in Texas who vows to fight recent same-sex marriage win, ready for an 'epic battle'; and, Michigan's defense of state's same-sex…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Pornography in the Workplace – One Employer’s Response that You Don’t Want to Follow
By Jason Shinn
One employment law topic that never seems to go away is pornography in the workplace. When the issue invariably arises, I remember my first attorney job out of law school.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fisk and Chemerinsky on the First Amendment and Union Fair Share
Steven D. Schwinn, The John Marshall Law SchoolCatherine Fisk and Erwin Chemerinsky (both of Cal Irvine) published an American Constitution Society Issue Brief last week that boldly sets out the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds School Ban of American Flag Shirt
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, the Ninth Circuit rejected a claim by students…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sexual Privacy and Online Obscenity
Jennifer Kinsley, Northern Kentucky University College of Law, has published Sexual Privacy in the Internet Age: How Substantive Due Process Protects Online Obscenity at 16 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment &…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Orders “Innocence of Muslims” Video Taken Down
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe intersection of First Amendment and copyright is not always well-marked and it is certainly murky in the Ninth…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court in Apel: First Amendment is an Issue on Remand?
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe Court issued its opinion today in United States v. Apel, a case involving a protest outside a military…
Media Law Prof Blog
Reducing Speech
Ashutosh Avihash, University of California, Davis, School of Law, is publishing Producing Speech in the William & Mary Law Review. Here is the abstract.In recent years, a large number of disputes have…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Personal drone gets off-duty journalist suspended and violates the First Amendment, journalist says
The story of Pedro Rivera and his personal drone is in full swing with The Courthouse News Service bringing more today. In his suit, Rivera claims that a police lieutenant called his…