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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Does Obama’s Ban on Lobbyists in Advisory Slots Violate Free Speech?
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit on Friday remanded a case challenging President Obama's ban on registered lobbyists serving on advisory committees. The case, Autor v. Pritzker,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Grants Certiorari in Employee First Amendment Case: Lane v. Franks
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Lane v. Franks, a case involving a public employee's First…
The Right Coast
9th Circuit: First Amendment media protections apply to bloggers, too « Hot Air
This is an important decision, and a win for bloggers. The core case, though, should serve as a cautionary tale. When a blogger or a reporter goes on a crusade,…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Supreme Court Accepts Ohio Political Speech Case
By Lauren Kuley
A First Amendment challenge to Ohio’s law on false campaign speech is among the Supreme Court’s new grants for 2014. Ohio law prohibits knowingly or recklessly false statements about a…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Caroline Mala Corbin on Abortion Decisions
By John Kang
Caroline Mala Corbin has an article--"Abortion Decisions"--forthcoming from Washington and Lee Law Review, and available here. The abstract reads: Two types of distortions often arise in abortion jurisprudence. The first is…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
NYT Reporter Takes First Amendment Fight to High Court
The question of whether the First Amendment protects the right of the press to conceal the identity of anonymous sources could return to the Supreme Court. The title of this…
Socially Aware Blog
Refining the First Amendment Status of Social Media Activity by Government Employees
By Nathan Salminen, Aaron Rubin
The Supreme Court’s 1968 decision in Pickering v. Board of Education allows governmental employers, including law enforcement agencies, to fire or discipline employees for disrupting operations with excessive complaining, but…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Caroline Corbin on Distortions in Abortion Jurisprudence
Caroline Mala Corbin (University of Miami Law School) has posted Abortion Distortions on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Two types of distortions often arise in abortion jurisprudence. The first is distortion of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supreme Will Hear Arguments on Wednesday in Massachusetts Buffer Zone Case
The New York Times: Where Free Speech Collides With Abortion Rights, by Adam Liptak:A couple of mornings a week, Eleanor McCullen stakes out a spot outside the Planned Parenthood clinic here and…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Reach of the First Amendment Beyond US Borders
Anna Su, Harvard Law School, has published Speech Beyond Borders: Extraterritoriality and the First Amendment: Does the First Amendment follow the flag?On the one hand, the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision…