Topic
first amendment
2,545 published works
Broadcast Law Blog
“Citizens United”: The Supreme Court Decision One Year Later
The Supreme Court issued its landmark opinion in Citizens United v. FEC one year ago today. That case allowed corporations and labor unions to make independent expenditures for or against political…
DuetsBlog
Environmental Film Disaster, A Case for First Amendment Rights or Past Regrets?
—Joy Newborg, Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. Award winning film producer Joseph Berlinger made a documentary entitled Crude, which followed the case brought against Texaco by a group of civilians who…
The Faculty Lounge
Univ. of Virginia boots Tar Heel fan: Free Speech Violation?
The University of Virginia ousted a North Carolina basketball fan from the seat he purchased (two rows behind the Virginia bench in the UVa arena) and relocated him in a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Arizona Passes Funeral Picketing Statute
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Prompted by concerns over planned protests at the funerals of victims of Saturday's shootings, Arizona passed emergency legislation. Arizona SB1101 provides:13-2930. Unlawful protest activities; classification; definition A. A PERSON SHALL NOT…
Drug & Device Law
Supreme Court Takes Sorrell First Amendment Case
By Bexis
As we predicted it might, two months ago when we discussed IMS Health, Inc. v. Sorrell, the Supreme Court today granted certiorari in this very interesting First Amendment case. We…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Day Laborers in Arizona Fight Back
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ASK COURT TO STOP IMPLEMENTATION OF DAY LABOR PROVISIONS OF ARIZONA’S RACIAL PROFILING LAW DURING LEGAL BATTLEMotion Filed to Prevent SB 1070 from Unconstitutionally Curtailing Day Laborers’…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
The Forgotten Case in First Amendment Cases – Second Circuit Revisits “Mt. Healthy”
A few years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court came out with a fairly significant decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos which held that an employee's speech relating to a person's official…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Does a Law Firm's Blog Get First Amendment Protection?
By Greg Lambert
I ran across an interesting post yesterday from a law firm that posted their response to a Cease & Desist (C&D) letter. It seems that the Berkeley, CA firm of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“F-Word in Court Equals Six-Month Prison Term”
Main December 29, 2010"F-Word in Court Equals Six-Month Prison Term" The title of this post come from the delicate headline of this entry at the WSJ Law Blog, which effectively…
Media Law Prof Blog
Music and Its Use In Political Campaigns
Sarah Schacter is publishing The Barracuda Lacuna: Music, Political Campaigns, and the First Amendment in the Georgetown Law Journal. Here is the abstract.This Note is about the First Amendment issues that…