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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit on Pennsylvania’s Funeral Director Law: Mostly Constitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawLargely reversing a district judge's opinion that had found various provisions of Pennyslvania's Funeral Director Law unconstitutional on various…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Judge considering First Amendment right to record public police activities with drones
Pedro Rivera was suspended for a week from his job at a local television station in Connecticut after police ordered him to pack up his drone and go home. At…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Is possession of child pornography a crime worthy of years in prison?”
Main February 13, 2014"Is possession of child pornography a crime worthy of years in prison?"The question in the title of this post is the sub-headline of this new Jacob Sullum…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit Declares North Carolina’s “Choose Life” License Plate Offering Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its unanimous opinion today in ACLU of North Carolina v. Tata a panel of the Fourth Circuit has…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Restriction on Funding of Political Activities by Public Employees
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Eleventh Circuit last week in Alabama Education Association v. Governor of Alabama reversed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction against enforcement…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Ban: Petition for Certiorari After Ninth Circuit Declines En Banc Review
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawLiberty Counsel, the organization that challenged California's ban on reparative therapy, has filed a petition for writ of certiorari…
Education Law Prof Blog
Public School Credit for Private Religious Instruction: Did the Fourth Circuit Get It Right?
By Derek Black
In August 2012, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Moss v. Spartanburg County School District Seven, 683 F.3d 599, (2012), held that a South Carolina statute that allowed public…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
The Forgotten Law of Lobbying
The title of this post comes from this fascinating historical analysis by Professor Zephyr Teachout of the evolution of lobbying in the United States--once considered "presumptively against public policy" but today…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Strikes City Closure Law for Adult Bookstores
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Seventh Circuit ruled this week in Annex Books, Inc. v. City of Indianapolis that the city's law requiring adult bookstores to close between…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Ninth Circuit declines to reconsider decision upholding CA law banning gay-conversion therapy
The Ninth Circuit said today that it will not reconsider its decision upholding California's ban on gay-conversion therapy. In August, a three-judge panel of the court held that the law…