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Broadcast Law Blog
Supreme Court Delivers What Appears to be the Final Word on LUC for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees Before the November Election – But Is a Constitutional Challenge to LUC the Next Battle?
The question of whether ads from political parties and joint fundraising committees, when authorized by federal candidates, receive Lowest Unit Charge (LUC) from broadcasters and local cable systems has been…
Verfassungsblog
Everybody Out of the Press Pool
By Jane Kirtley
U.S. President Donald Trump is clear about his feelings about a free press. He despises it. His invectives against individual journalists and media outlets are legion. According to the Committee…
Simple Justice
The Gulf Under Alabama Law
Alabama did what Congress did not. It passed a law, HB2, requiring all state and local entities, and their employees, to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.…
Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: Did John Eastman’s Disbarment Violate The First Amendment?
One of the hardest things to swallow for people who are friendly toward Free Speech is that the people you dislike are entitled to it as much as you are.…
Wait A Second!
Long Island Native American mascot dispute is revived on appeal
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
You may not be aware of this, but a culture war has been brewing on Long Island in recent years over the use of mascots featuring Native American imagery. The…
Religion Clause
Requiring Foster Parents to Affirm Child’s Religious Beliefs That They Reject Violates 1st Amendment
In McIntire v. Senn, ((WD WA, Sept. 29, 2026), a Washington federal district court refused to require Washington's Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to issue plaintiff a foster care…
Wait A Second!
Second Circuit rewrites the rules for associational standing in Section 1983 cases
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Second Circuit has overruled a 1973 precedent that barred organizations from bringing § 1983 lawsuits on behalf of their members. This ruling makes it easier for organizations to sue…
Dentons Insights
Political Law Playbook – September 2026
By Dentons
Welcome to the September edition of the Political Law Playbook. This month, we cover a First Amendment challenge to Hawai`i’s corporate spending law, the SEC’s proposal to rescind its pay-to-play…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Snap Wants to be a State Actor??–Kansas v. Snap
By Eric Goldman
For decades, private Internet services have uniformly tried to avoid being legally characterized as government actors. If they become state actors, they must comply with Constitutional restrictions–meaning the Constitutionally required…
Consumer Protection Connection
Further Delay in SB 343 Legal Challenge
By Sheila Millar, Antonia Stamenova-Dancheva
On September 23, 2026, the Court again postponed the previously scheduled Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) conference and related deadlines in the ongoing litigation involving a First Amendment challenge to SB…