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Game Counsel
First Amendment Fire Power: United States Supreme Court Applies Strict Scrutiny, Rejects Ban on Violent Video Games
Justice Antonin Scalia and his teammates mowed down California’s ban on violent video games with fully loaded First Amendment precedents and barbed retorts to opposing arguments. In doing so, the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fleeting Expletives Going Back to the United States Supreme Court
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Among the eleven cases that the Court granted certiorari on today, the last day of the 2010 term, is FCC v. Fox Television Stations. Those experiencing a strong sense of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Any speculations on criminal justice echoes from SCOTUS rejection of violent video game regulation?
Main June 27, 2011Any speculations on criminal justice echoes from SCOTUS rejection of violent video game regulation?The Supreme Court rejected California's effort to regulate minors' access to violent video games…
Media Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Affirms Ninth Circuit; California Video Game Law Unconstitutional
On First Amendment grounds, the Supreme Court has struck down a California law which limits the sale of violent video games to minors. The majority found that the state had provided no…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
No First Amendment Right of Access to Sealed Material Witness Proceedings
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A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit ruled on Friday in U.S. v. Brice that the First Amendment right of access to judicial proceedings does not extend to sealed material witness…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing meets the First Amendment in DC Circuit material witness ruling
Main June 24, 2011Sentencing meets the First Amendment in DC Circuit material witness rulingAn interesting issue of sentencing proceedure, victims' rights and the First Amendment is addressed today by a…
The Right Coast
Balkinization
Monday the last day of the Court s Term is shaping up to be First Amendment Day at the Supreme Court. Two of the four remaining cases to be decided…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ban on Chalk Protest at White House Upheld
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A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday in Mahoney v. Doe that a preacher had no First Amendment right to protest the President's position on abortion and the anniversary…
PropertyProf Blog
Great Moments in Property Signage II
By propertyprof
Between 2000 and 2004, the city of St. Louis used eminent domain to condemn 24 buildings owned by Jim Roos' non-profit organization. To protest the condemnations, Roos painted a huge…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
The Right to Petition: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Opinion Analysis
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The last two clauses of the First Amendment - - - the right to peaceably assemble and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances - - -…