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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Planned Parenthood’s Complaint Alleging New Kansas Abortion Law Violates First Amendment
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Kansas' new abortion law that took effect July 1 - - - running 70 pages and known as Kansas HB 2253 - - - has already been the subject of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Judge Finds No Government Liability in “Occupy Everything” Jacket Arrest in Supreme Court Building
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Federal District Judge for the District of Columbia, Amy Berman Jackson, has granted summary judgment for the government in her opinion in Scott v. United States in which Scott had…
PropertyProf Blog
First Amendment Protections for Chalk on Public Sidewalks
By propertyprof
A number of blogs have reported that health care activist AJ Marin was recently arrested for writing the above statement on the public sidewalk in front of the home of…
Supreme Court Update
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int’l, Inc. (12-10) and Order List
By Kim Rinehart
The Court kicked off the last week of the Term with 5 signed opinions, a per curiam decision, and a dozen cert grants and SG invites. This Update covers today's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Muslim Surveillance in NYC: Federal Complaint Challenges Constitutionality of Practices
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The complaint in Raza v. City of New York details over 150 paragraphs of facts and alleges that NYPD practices have infringed upon the plantiffs' equal protection and First Amendment…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit on True Threats, The First Amendment, and the Passive Voice
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A divided Second Circuit panel upheld the conviction of Harold Turner in its opinion in United States v. Turner for threats in a blog post against Seventh Circuit Judges Easterbrook,…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Professor Jessie Hill – Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society: Brief Thoughts and Implications
Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided AID v. Alliance of Open Society Int’l, holding that it violated the First Amendment for the government to require organizations to have an explicit policy…
Health Law Prof Blog
Conditional spending for the cause of public health
The Supreme Court decided Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International yesterday, a lower-profile case about unconstitutional conditions placed on federal funding. My initial reaction is that the opinion can be…
PropertyProf Blog
Bouvier on First Amendment Protections for Urban Agricultural Practices
By propertyprof
Jaime Bouvier (Case Western) has posted The Symbolic Garden: An Intersection of the Food Movement and the First (Maine Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:What is communicated when a…
SDNY Blog
Merchants Move to Enjoin New York Law Against Describing Extra Charges to Credit Card Customers As “Surcharges”
Yesterday, a group of merchants moved, on First Amendment Grounds, to enjoin a New York law that allows merchants to charge different prices for cash and credit card purchases, but prohibits…