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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Is the First Amendment Civil Rights Claim in Jeopardy?
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Judge James E. Boasberg (D.D.C.) in two separate cases in the last four weeks or so rebuffed an argument by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia that…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Scott Gaylord and Thomas Molony on Casey and Ultrasound Mandates
Scott W. Gaylord & Thomas J. Molony (both of Elon Law) have published Casey and a Woman's Right to Know: Ultrasounds, Informed Consent, and the First Amendment in the Connecticut Law Review. Here is…
Land Use Prof Blog
Smith on the Law of Yards
I am on the lookout for interesting scholarship that might make appropriate extra-credit reading for my Land Use Planning students. Just in time for the aesthetic regulation and First Amendment…
Media Law Prof Blog
A New Book On the First Amendment
Timothy Zick, William & Mary Law School, is publishing The Cosmopolitan First Amendment: Protecting Transborder Expressive and Religious Liberties (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). Here is the abstract.This is the Table…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit Denies First Amendment Right of Access to Twitter Orders Related to Wikileaks and Bradley Manning
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At the heart of the Fourth Circuit's opinion issued today in US v. Applebaum, are orders issued under 18U.S.C. § 2703 related to "the unauthorized release of classified documents to WikiLeaks.org,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Libel and the First Amendment in the Iowa Supreme Court
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It's easy to see how writing and publishing a memoir centering on one's former spouse, especially if the theme is how "Satan (through my ex) set out to destroy my…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Seventh Circuit finds unconstitutional Indiana statute prohibiting sex offenders from social media
Main January 23, 2013Seventh Circuit finds unconstitutional Indiana statute prohibiting sex offenders from social media The Seventh Circuit today handed down a significant new media and sex offender First Amendment…
California Employment Law Update
California Supreme Court Approves Union Picketing in Front of Store Entrances
Ralphs Grocery Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 8, 2012 Cal. LEXIS 11911 (Dec. 27, 2012) Ralphs Grocery sought an injunction to prevent a labor union from…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Panel Upholds Wisconsin’s Act 10
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Reversing a federal district judge's holding that portions of Wisconsin's controversial Act 10 regarding public unions, the Seventh Circuit split panel's opinion in Wisconsin Education Association Council v. Walker upheld the…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and Society’s Tolerance Of Objectionable Speech
Nicholas A. Primrose, Barry University School of Law, has published Has Society Become Tolerant of Further Infringement on First Amendment Rights? Here is the abstract.The First Amendment was written as…