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The D&O Diary
The Guardian of the Realm Files an Opposition to the Motion of “The Government”
In a criminal case against defendant Donald Powell pending in Tennessee (Williamson County) Circuit Court, the prosecution filed a motion in limine seeking to prevent defense counsel from referring to…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
School board takes “I ♥ boobies” bracelets to Supreme Court
The "I ♥ Boobies!" bracelets are heading to the Supreme Court! Indeed, after the Third Circuit ruled it could not ban the bracelets, a Pennsylvania school district has voted 7-1…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Sunday Dress: Wearing a Mask for Halloween
On Sunday, Professor Ruthann Robson of the Constitutional Law Prof Blog discussed state anti-masking laws and the interesting impact those laws could have during Halloween. She begins: Many states have…
Media Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Vacates In Part, Remands In Part, Case Involving Police Officer Website That Criticizes Local Police Department
The Fifth Circuit has vacated in part and remanded a lower court order that a website run by current and former police officers, on which they report what they consider…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Enjoins NY Campaign Finance Provisions
A few days after hearing oral argument, a Second Circuit panel has reversed the district judge and entered an order enjoining the enforcement of New York Election Law §14-114(8) and…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Access to the Courts Includes Arbitration Proceedings, Divided Third Circuit Panel Holds
The First Amendment includes a right of public (and press) access to trials. But what is a "trial"? Or, as the Third Circuit considered in its opinion in Delaware Coalition…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sunday Dress: A Woman’s Constitutional Right to “Go Topless”
While the United States Supreme Court has never declared that women possess a First Amendment or Equal Protection or any other constitutional right to be as shirtless as men in…
Media Law Prof Blog
Student Speech and the First Amendment
Barry McDonald, Pepperdine University School of Law, has published Regulating Student Cyberspeechat 77 Missouri Law Review 727 (2013). Here is the abstract.In this symposium contribution, the author proposes a framework…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Bloomberg.com editorial weighs in on revenge porn debate
Yesterday, this Bloomberg.com editorial called on states to enact legislation to criminalize revenge porn--the unauthorized retaliatory release of nude images and/or videos of an ex. As noted by the editorial,…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P First Cup Reads: Oct. 14, 2013
Court to decide whether denial of permit to strip club developer violates First Amendment. Denial of license to strip club operator alleged to violate First Amendment right to "erotic speech."…