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Constitutional Law Prof Blog February 5, 2012
Superbowl Stadium: Indianpolis Version and Constitutional Controversies
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While Superbowls bring attention to half-time shows and their possible First Amendment broadcast problems, they also raise the issue of stadium financing and the takings clause.According the Bloomberg News, the…
The Faculty Lounge February 1, 2012
Teaching Repressive Regimes How To Do It Right
Howard Wasserman flags Dahlia Lithwick's story about how prosecutors in Illinois are prosecuting two individuals who recorded their interactions with police on the grounds that the officers did not consent…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 29, 2012
Jon Stewart on FCC v. Fox and Hosana-Tabor
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Need a bit of humor? The latest episode of The Daily Show had some provocative comedy related to constitutional law developments earlier this month.On the FCC v. Fox oral arguments,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 27, 2012
Sixth Circuit: Jury Must Hear Graduate Student’s Refusal to Counsel Gay Clients
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The Sixth Circuit today in its opinion in Ward v. Polite remanded the First Amendment free speech and free exercise of religion claims of a graduate counseling student disciplined because she…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 25, 2012
Press Freedom Index: US Falls
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Most Americans take pride in the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 25, 2012
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While most Americans take pride in the First Amendment believing it guarentees freedom of the press, Reporters Without Borders has ranked the United States 47th in its Press Freedom Index…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 22, 2012
Tenth Circuit Finds Banning Registered Sex Offenders from Libraries Unconstitutional
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The City of Albuquerque issued an "Administrative Instruction" banning registered sex offenders from "all public libraries" and further that "Library staff shall send a letter to every sex offender who…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 18, 2012
SOPA & Protect-IP Bills Provoke First Amendment Concerns
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SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act, H.R.3261, and its Senate counterpart, Protect-IP Act, S. 968, seek to protect copyright on the internet. It has provoked a day of protest today,…
inversecondemnation.com January 17, 2012
ABA Teleseminar: Ethics, Government Conflicts Of Interest, And The First Amendment
By Robert H. Thomas
There's still time to register for tomorrow's teleconference on Ethics for Municipal Attorneys: Reconciling the Rules of Professional Conduct with Government Ethics Law (a live webinar and teleconference which starts…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog January 14, 2012
Four Republican Candidates Lose First Amendment Ballot Challenge in Virginia on Laches
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In the opinion in Perry v. Judd (with Gingrich, Huntsman, and Santorum as intervenors), Judge John Gibney of the Eastern District of Virginia denied the motion for preliminary injunction seeking to…