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Media Law Prof Blog
Limiting Front-Of-Food Packaging Labels and the First Amendment
Timothy D. Lytton, Albany Law School, is publishing Banning Front-of-Package Food Labels: First Amendment Constraints on Public Health Policy, in Public Health Nutrition. Here is the abstract.In recent months, the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Jim Morrison Pardoned
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
As the New York Times reports Florida's clemency board has unamiously voted to pardon Jim Morrison posthumously. Our discussion last month of the possibility of pardon for the indecent exposure…
Media Law Prof Blog
Rethinking Public Forum Doctrine
Abner S. Greene, Fordham University School of Law, is publishing Speech Platforms in a forthcoming issue of the Case Western Reserve Law Review. Here is the abstract.First amendment doctrine treats state…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should an inmate be able to use Facebook?
Main December 2, 2010Should an inmate be able to use Facebook?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this ABC News story which is headlined "Convicted Murderer…
CommLawBlog
Snyder v. Phelps: The Swami Makes The Call
By FHH Law
Kevin Goldberg offers his take on the oral argument -- and likely outcome -- in Snyder v. Phelps, the first big First Amendment case heard by the Supreme Court this…
Supreme Court Update
11/29/10 Order List
By Kim Rinehart
Greetings, Court fans! Hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend. The Court returned today with three additions to its docket and two opinions regarding the denial of cert. The Court granted…
Media Law Prof Blog
The FCC and the First Amendment
Hannibal Travis, Florida International University College of Law, has published The FCC's New Theory of the First Amendment at 51 Santa Clara Law Review 101 (2011). Here is the abstract.This article…
Media Law Prof Blog
Terrorism and Online Speech Rules
Steven R. Morrison, University of North Dakota School of Law, is publishing Terrorism Online: Is Speech the Same as It Ever Was? in the 2010 volume of the Creighton Law Review.…
Media Law Prof Blog
Does a Lawyer’s Advice Get FA Protection?
Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law, is publishing Attorney Advice and the First Amendment, in a forthcoming issue of the Washington and Lee Law Review. Here is…
Media Law Prof Blog
What Is “The Press”? And Why Does It Get Its Own Clause?
Sonja West, University of Georgia School of Law, is publishing Awakening the Press Clause in a forthcoming issue of the UCLA Law Review. Here is the abstract.The Free Press Clause enjoys…