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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Reacts Swiftly Regarding Protests at its Plaza
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Presumably reacting to the decision of Judge Beryl Howell declaring the Supreme Court protest-ban statute, 40 USC §6135, unconstitutional which we discussed yesterday, the Court has issued a new policy,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Declares Supreme Court Assembly and Display Statute Unconstitutional
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In her opinion in Hodge v. Talkin, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia Beryl Howell held unconstitutional the federal statute prohibiting assemblies and displays at the Supreme…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Couture on the First Amendment and Securities Fraud
The Collision Between the First Amendment and Securities Fraud, by Wendy Gerwick Couture, University of Idaho College of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:This Article seeks to…
Education Law Prof Blog
Recent scholarship
The Schempps at the Supreme CourtDouglas Laycock (Virginia) tells the story of the plaintiffsin the landmark Supreme Court school prayer case, Abington School District v. Schempp, in Edward Schempp and…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and Subway Speech
Engy Abdelkader, University of Pennsylvania, is publishing 'Savagery' in the Subways: Anti-Muslim Ads, the First Amendment, and the Efficacy of Counterspeech in the Asian American Law Journal (2013). Here is…
Media Law Prof Blog
An Analysis of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Daniel Butler is publishing Avoiding the First Amendment's Crosshairs: An Analysis and Critique of the Legal Strategies Used in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association in the University of Miami Law…
The Contingency
Constitution State Union Workers Win First Amendment Case
Public unions claimed that the Governor of Connecticut ran roughshod over their members' first amendment right to . . . join a union. They alleged that the Constitution State's chief…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Tax-Exempt Lawsuits Challenge Constitutionality of IRS Actions
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The IRS scandal caused by allegations that certain groups were highlighted for extra scrutiny regarding their tax-exempt status application has spawned several complaints filed in federal court alleging violations of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Latest scandals aside, shouldn’t AG Eric Holder be getting ready to move on?
Main May 27, 2013Latest scandals aside, shouldn't AG Eric Holder be getting ready to move on?Though I have not be following too closely the various scandals consuming the Obama Administration…
Land Use Prof Blog
Memorial Day & Land Use
The U.S. tradition of Memorial Day has a long and complex relationship with land, history, and memory. This post has some thoughts on the subject from last year.Today was Memorial Day in…