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Sentencing Law and Policy
Arkansas parole board assessing total internet ban for all released sex offenders
Main April 3, 2012Arkansas parole board assessing total internet ban for all released sex offendersAs reported in this recent local story, headlined "Arkansas board eyes Internet ban for sex offenders,"…
The Right Coast
Mass judge mangles First Amendment Tom Smith
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Media Law Prof Blog
Fan Speech and the First Amendment
Is fan speech that goes beyond "yelling or screaming" at a sports event protected by the First Amendment? Bill Pennington examines the question in a New York Times article here.
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Upholds Cigarette Warning Requirements
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A divided three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit today rejected the plaintiffs' facial challenge of the warning requirements for cigarette packaging and cigarette advertising in the federal Family Smoking Prevention…
Legal Profession Blog
Live Streaming Court Proceedings And The First Amendment
A decision issued today from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court:On May 2, 2011, as part of a pilot project it has named "OpenCourt," WBUR-FM, a National Public Radio station in…
Media Law Prof Blog
Another Look At Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Alan E. Garfield, Widener University School of Law, has published 'Reasoning-Lite' in the Violent Video Game Case at 1 Wake Forest Law Review Online 124 (2011). Here is the abstract.One…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Z Street’s Unconstitutionality Claim Against IRS Continues
In late August 2010, Lloyd Mayer blogged about Z Street, a pro-Israel nonprofit corporation, that had filed a complaint alleging that the IRS was delaying consideration of its application for recognition of section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Still Waiting For Sixth Circuit To Rule On Free Speech Challenge To FDA’s New Tobacco Warnings As A District Court Judge In D.C. Rules That The Warnings Are Unconstitutional
Last summer, we brought you highlights from oral arguments at the Sixth Circuit in the free speech challenge to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Public Law 111-31,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President Obama Should Veto “Anti-Protester” Bill
From GetEQUAL:The U.S. House and Senate have both recently passed bills that place crushing new restrictions on the First Amendment rights of all Americans.This legislation puts new limitations in place…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act Presented to President
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An act being criticized as curtailing First Amendment rights, Congress has passed and presented to the President the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act. The proposed act would amend 18…