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first amendment
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The Faculty Lounge
Expletives, Nudity and Violence
After watching the “Hunger Games,” I was reminded how society can get things backwards when worrying about harms to children. Despite the graphic scenes of teenagers slaughtering each other, the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Occupy Wall Street, the NYC Federal Building, and a New “1st Amendment Rights Area”
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Near Wall Street, and thus near "Occupy Wall Street," is the National Memorial Federal Hall. As the National Park Service describes it, Federal Hall is "The Birthplace of American Government":Here…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Government Speech Doctrine
Mark Strasser, Capital University Law School, has published Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain: On the Government Speech Doctrine and What it Licenses, at 21 Boston University Public Interest Law…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Police Officer Has No First Amendment Right to Complain of Police Quotas for Stops
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Judge Barbara Jones has dismissed the complaint a New York City police officer challenging adverse employment actions because of his criticisms of police quotas in her opinion in Matthews v. City…
Broadcast Law Blog
Court of Appeals Strikes Down Communications Act Ban on Political and Issue Advertising on Noncommercial Broadcasting Stations – Analyzing the Issues
The Communications Act's ban on noncommercial broadcast stations running political and issue advertising was struck down as unconstitutional by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While the Court…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit and the Future of Public Broadcasting: First Amendment Requires Expansion of Advertisements
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Ready for more advertising on public radio and television?In its opinion in Minority Television v. FCC, a divided Ninth Circuit panel has declared two advertising bans unconstitutional under the First Amendment. …
Focus on Regulation
Supreme Court Declines to Review Appeal by Christian Student Groups
On March 19, the Supreme Court announced, without comment, that it would not hear an appeal from two religious student groups challenging San Diego State University’s decision not to grant…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Do Police Officers Have Legal Malpractice Rights?
The short answer to the question is yes, they do; the longer answer to the question is that their rights to first amendment protection of speech is very limited, and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The First Amendment’s Borders: The Place of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project in First Amendment Doctrine by David Cole
"The First Amendment’s Borders: The Place of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project in First Amendment Doctrine" Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 6, pp. 148-177, 2012 Georgetown Public Law Research…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, has published The First Amendment’s Borders: The Place of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project in First Amendment Doctrine, at 6 Harvard Law & Policy Review 148…