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PropertyProf Blog
Property & Speech, Ctd.
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The New York Times reports on a veterans group that attempted to fly the Gadsden Flag (recently assosicated with the Tea Party movement) on city property of New Rochelle, NY. …
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit En Banc: Students Have First Amendment Right to Wear Breast Cancer Bracelets
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The students' bracelets proclaimed "I ♥ boobies (KEEP A BREAST)." The Easton Area School District banned the bracelets as not suitable for school. In an en banc opinion today in…
Media Law Prof Blog
The ECtHR and the First Amendment
Perry Keller, King's College London, Dickson Poon School of Law, has published Re-Opening the Door to the First Amendmentat 8 Amsterdam Law Forum 115 (2013). Here is the abstract.Over the…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Public Forum Doctrine and Digital Speech
Enrique Armijo, Elon University School of Law, has published Kill Switches, Forum Doctrine, and the First Amendment's Digital Futureas Elon University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-08. Here is the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
The Police Officer, the Quota Complaint, and the First Amendment
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NYPD Officer Craig Matthews was critical of the alleged quota system responsible for unjustified stops, arrests, and summonses in his precinct in New York City and suffered adverse employment actions. …
Media Law Prof Blog
The Supreme Court and Review of Commercial Speech
Micah L. Berman, Ohio State University, has published Manipulative Marketing and the First Amendment. Here is the abstract.The conventional wisdom is that the Supreme Court’s First Amendment review of commercial…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and Copyright Law After Golan v. Holder
Neil Weinstock Netanel, University of California School of Law, has published First Amendment Constraints on Copyright after Golan v. Holder, in volume 60 of the UCLA Law Review (2013).Commentators have…
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Surveillance, chilling, and the First and Fourth amendments
Main Monday, July 15, 2013Surveillance, chilling, and the First and Fourth amendmentsIn an earlier post I quoted Justice Sotomayor’s statement (concurring in United States v. Jones) that “[a]wareness that the…
PropertyProf Blog
Chiang on the Property Theory of Copyright’s First Amendment Exemption
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Tun-Jen Chiang (George Mason) has posted Rehabilitating the Property Theory of Copyright's First Amendment Exemption (Notre Dame Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:A continuing controversy in copyright law…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit En Banc on Baltimore’s Disclaimer Mandate for Limited-Service Pregnancy Centers
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The Fourth Circuit en banc today issued its opinion in GreaterBaltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Incorporated v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore reversing the district court's granting of a…