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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Tweet by University of Kansas Professor Results in Suspension: First Amendment Ramifications
According to a report in the Kansas City Star, David Guth, a journalism professor at University of Kansas has been placed on "administrative leave" for his tweet about after last…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Litigation prompting California city to give up Halloween sex offender posting law
Main September 23, 2013Litigation prompting California city to give up Halloween sex offender posting law As reported in this Los Angeles Times piece, headlined "O.C. city likely to drop Halloween…
Inside Global Tech
First Amendment Protects ‘Liking’ on Social Media
A federal appellate court on Wednesday ruled that the First Amendment protects the act of “liking” on Facebook or other social media. In Bland v. Roberts, a sheriff’s deputy “liked”…
Labor Law Prof Blog
4th Cir: Liking on Facebook is Protected First Amendment Activity
Some of you may recall that we previously blogged on a case from Virginia in August of last year concerning whether, in a public sector First Amendment case involving political…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit: The First Amendment, Facebook, and a Sheriff’s Election
The Fourth Circuit's opinion in Bland v. Roberts addresses whether Sheriff Roberts violated the First Amendment rights of the six plaintiffs by terminating their employment in retailiation for their support…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Pic: Mary Beth Tinker on Tour
Mary Beth Tinker - - - of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) - - - is going "on tour" to promote "to promote youth voices, free…
Education Law Prof Blog
Special Education Teacher Who Objected to School’s Inclusion Plan Failed to State Valid Retaliation Claim Under § 504 or First Amendment
The Tenth Circuit has rejected a former special educationteacher’s § 504 and First Amendment retaliation claims based on herreassignment to a general education classroom in Duvall v. Putnam City Sch.…
Education Law Prof Blog
Emily Gold Waldman on Garcetti’s Application to University Professors and Academic Writings
By Derek Black
Emily Gold Waldman shared this analysis with us:When the Supreme Court held in Garcetti v. Ceballos that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for speech that they utter…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Upholds Lower Court Dismissal of Defamation Suit Against TripAdvisor Over “Dirtiest Hotels List”
Via Digital Media Law Project, the news that the Sixth Circuit has affirmed the lower court dismissal of claims in Seaton v. TripAdvisor LLC (see lower court ruling here). Kenneth…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Tenth Circuit Upholds Utah’s Sexual Solicitation Statute
Sexual solicitation statutes suffer from challenges based upon overbreadth and vagueness. In its opinion in Bushco, Inc. v. Shurtleff, a panel of the Tenth Circuit upheld amendments to Utah's statute,…