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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
The speech value of heckling
Today, The Dallas Morning News ran this story about an incident at the Values Voters Summit in Washington between Ted Cruz, a group of hecklers, and the crowd. Reportedly, several…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Third Circuit finds middle schoolers’ “I ♥ boobies” bracelets protected by First Amendment.
The title of this post was inspired by this Legal Intelligencer article highlighting a recent Third Circuit decision in which the court found that a school could not ban “I ♥ boobies”…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Ohio blogger
The title of this post comes from this story published yesterday on the Columbus Dispatch's website on two unsuccessful attempts to assert First Amendment protection. First, the Supreme Court rejected a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Video: Stephen Cobert Interviews Emily Bazelon on McCutcheon v. FEC
Worth a watch:The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video ArchiveHere's our take on today's oral arguments in the United States Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Update
Order List 10/1/13 and 10/7/13
By Kim Rinehart
We can hardly believe that the October 2013 Term has arrived, with the first arguments of the term and a handful of SG invites yesterday. Unofficially, activity began with a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sunday Dress: Can A Student Wear an NRA T-Shirt to School?
This week in "dressing constitutionally" saw another NRA t-shirt student kerfuffle, this time in Orange County, California. Here's the television segment that accompanied the LA Times article:The incident seemingly ended…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
The First Amendment Goes Digital – Clicking “Like” on Facebook is Speech
With around 1.15 billion members, Facebook is a massive, global forum for communicating with friends and the world. For many users, it often feels as if their news feeds are…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Video: Town of Greece Legislative Prayer Case
The United States Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of "legislative prayer" in Town of Greece v. Galloway this Term, with oral arguments scheduled for November 6, 2013. As we…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Blues Brothers and the First Amendment
Julien Mailland, Indiana University Department of Telecommunications & University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, has published The Blues Brothers and the American Constitutional Protection of Hate Speech: Teaching…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit Strikes Alcohol Advertising Ban for College Newspapers
The Fourth Circuit ruled last week in Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech v. Insley that a Virginia state ban on alcohol advertising in college newspapers violated the First Amendment as…