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first amendment
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CommLawBlog
Snyder v. Phelps: The Swami Breaks It Down
By FHH Law
The Swami strikes again - this time with a correct prediction of the outcome in Snyder v. Phelps. Here are some thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision in this tough…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Of Funerals, Protests, and Hate Speech
In Snyder v. Phelps (pdf), the U.S. Supreme Court shielded the Westboro Baptist Church from tort liability for its hateful picketing. “G-d Hates Fags.” “You’re Going to Hell.” “Thank G-d for Dead Soldiers.”…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Footnote of the Day: Citizens United and “the Bellotti footnote” Part I
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The opinions in Citizen’s United v. Federal Election Comm’n, __ US __, 130 S.Ct. 876 (2010) display a Court in deep disagreement, including disagreement over a footnote.Writing for the Court,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judicial Doctrines and the First Amendment
Marvin Ammori, University of Nebraska College of Law, has published First Amendment Architecture. Here is the abstract.The right to free speech is meaningless without some place to exercise it. But…
Media Law Prof Blog
‘Sexting’ and the First Amendment
Sherry Capps Cannon has published 'Sexting': First Amendment Right or Felony? Here is the abstract.The age old practice of "show me yours and I’ll show you mine" has taken on a new…
Media Law Prof Blog
Groups Seek Access To Faculty Emails
The Chronicle of Higher Education and other media are tracking attempts by Wisconsin Republicans and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to obtain the emails of faculty at universities in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Qui Tam Seal Provision
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A divided three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit on Monday rejected the ACLU's First Amendment challenge to the False Claims Act requirement that qui tam complaints be sealed for 60 days…
Land Use Prof Blog
Smith and Bailey on Restrictive Zoning for Adult Uses/Sexually Oriented Businesses
George Smith (Catholic) and Gregory Bailey have posted Regulating Morality through the Common Law and Exclusionary Zoning, 60 Catholic L. Rev. 403 (2011). Here's the abstract:The extent to which a…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Rebuffs Adult Business Operators in Tennessee
The Sixth Circuit recently rebuffed a request by adult business operators in Memphis, Tennessee to apply an unconstitutional city statute in order to escape a newly enacted, more onerous county ordinance. In…
Health Law Prof Blog
Dayna B. Royal: “The Skinny on the Federal Menu-Labeling Law & Why it Should Survive a First Amendment Challenge”
Dayna B. Royal, Assistant Professor of Law at Cumberland School of Law, posted "The Skinny on the Federal Menu-Labeling Law & Why it Should Survive a First Amendment Challenge" on SSRN:…