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Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and a Definition of the Press
Chris Edelson, American University, has published Lies, Damned Lies, and Journalism: Why Journalists are Failing to Vindicate First Amendment Values and How a New Definition of 'The Press' Can Help.…
SDNY Blog
Judge Engelmayer Preliminarily Enjoins MTA’s Advertising Policy on First Amendment Grounds
Judge Engelmayer today granted a motion for a preliminary injunction by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (the "ADFI"), a pro-Israel lobbying group, against the New York City MTA, enjoining application…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Upholds Regs Prohibiting Signature Collection on Interior Postal Sidewalks
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit ruled in Initiative and Referendum Institute v. U.S. Postal Service that postal regulations prohibiting "collecting" signatures, but not "soliciting" then, on interior postal sidewalks…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
“Crisis Pregnancy Centers” and the First Amendment
Balkinization blog: Abortion, the First Amendment, and the Fourth Circuit's "Kangaroo Court", by Jennifer Keighley:Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) do not provide or refer for abortion or birth control services. Baltimore…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Nude Dancing Ordinance – and Summary Judgment Order by Judge Jack Camp
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
In its opinion in Curves LLC v. Spalding County, Georgia, the Eleventh Circuit upheld the county's ordinance prohibiting nude dancing in places where alcohol is sold. The precise questions before the court…
TortsProf Blog
Kendrick on the Relationship Between Chilling Effect and Speaker’s Intent
Leslie Kendrick (UVa) has posted to SSRN Speech, Intent, and the Chilling Effect. The abstract provides:In First Amendment doctrine, the “chilling effect” is often invoked as an objection to an…
Supreme Court Update
United States v. Alvarez (11-210) and Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter (11-551)
By Kim Rinehart
This Update addresses United States v. Alvarez (11-210), striking down the Stolen Valor Act as prohibiting too much speech under the First Amendment, and Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter (11-551),…
Media Law Prof Blog
Washington Law Review Publishes an Issue On the First Amendment
The Washington Law Review has published its June 2012 issue, devoted to The Guardians of Knowledge in the Modern State: Post’s Republic and the First Amendment.
Media Law Prof Blog
George Carlin/First Amendment Cat
Why the Periodic Table of the Elements is relevant for FA lawyers.Courtesy of Icanhascheezburger.com
Media Law Prof Blog
Producers of “The Bachelor” Move For Dismissal of Lawsuit Based On First Amendment Defense
From The Hollywood Reporter: The producers and network of reality series "The Bachelor" have filed a motion asking for dismissal of the lawsuit claiming that the show violates civil rights…