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Regulatory Oversight
DOJ Will Use Compulsory Legal Process to Compel Production of Information From News Media Following Recent Update to Policy
By Lawrence Cameron, Michael A. Schwartz, Ryan DiSantis, Nicole Giffin
On April 25, Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued an internal memorandum to Department of Justice (DOJ) employees, changing the DOJ's policy on obtaining information from, or records of, members…
Legal Theory Blog
Abu El-Haj on a Right of Peaceable Assembly
Tabatha Abu El-Haj (Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law; Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University) has posted A Right of Peaceable Assembly (Columbia Law Review, Volume…
Legal Profession Blog
An Impassioned Dissent
Circuit Judge Gregory has dissented from the denial of rehearing en banc of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denying Courthouse News online…
Municipal Minute
Federal District Court Allows Public Employee’s First Amendment Claim to Proceed to Trial
Recently, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (District Court) issued an opinion allowing a public employee’s First Amendment retaliation claim to proceed to trial. Caparelli-Ruff v.…
Legal Theory Blog
Sunstein on Federal Funding and Academic Freedom
Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard Law School; Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)) has posted "Our Money or Your Life!" Higher Education and the First Amendment on SSRN. Here is…
Media Law Prof Blog
LoMonte and Jones on “Any Rebroadcast, Retransmission, or Account of this Trial Without the Express Written Consent of the Judge is Prohibited”: The First Amendment and Judicial Constraints on Redistributing Courtroom Video
Frank LoMonte, University of Georgia School of Law; University of Florida Levin College of Law, and Rachel Jones, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, have published "Any Rebroadcast, Retransmission, or Account…
Religion Clause
Denial of Conditional Use Permit to Church Violated RLUIPA and 1st Amendment
In Anchor Stone Christian Church v. City of Santa Ana, (CD CA, April 7, 2025), a California federal district court issued a preliminary injunction allowing a church to operate and make…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Policymaking Employees and the First Amendment
By David Urban
This article was originally published in April 2017. The information has been reviewed and is up-to-date as of April 2025. A newly-elected official is going to want to fill top…
PrawfsBlawg
More anti-antisemitism as fig leaf
Main Tuesday, April 08, 2025More anti-antisemitism as fig leafWesleyan President Michael Roth offers the latest "Trump is using Jews and it will end badly" take. He highlights the White House…
PrawfsBlawg
TL;DR: It’s too much money to stand on First Amendment principle
Main Wednesday, April 02, 2025TL;DR: It's too much money to stand on First Amendment principleI signed a letter of Northwestern alums urging the Board and the administration to hold the…