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first amendment
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“‘Sexting’ Case to Take Center Stage at 3rd Circuit”
Main January 15, 2010"'Sexting' Case to Take Center Stage at 3rd Circuit" The title of this post is the headline of this article in The Legal Intelligencer available via law.com.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Mala Corbin on Ceremonial Deism and the Reasonable Religious Outsider
Caroline Mala Corbin (Miami) has posted on SSRN her forthcoming article in the UCLA Law Review: Ceremonial Deism and the Reasonable Religious Outside.Here is the abstract: State invocations of God…
Media Law Prof Blog
Corporate Speech and Reputation
Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center, has published "Fighting Freestyle: The First Amendment, Fairness and Corporate Reputation," at 50 Boston College Law Review 1457 (2009). Here is the abstract.There are…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Rights and First Amendment Rights
We have had occasion to muse on this topic before, in the context of Valerie Plame Wilson's suit, seeking a court order that would have permitted her to disclose in…
Legal Profession Blog
First Amendment And Jury Questionnaires
In the criminal case involving O.J. Simpson, the Nevada Supreme Court has held that there is a limited First Amendment right to public (i.e. media) access to information about the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Garcetti in Higher Education? Not So Fast
Update (12/23): Inside Higher Ed reports on another Garcetti and higher ed case. This time, the court alarmingly applies Garcetti. This decision is in line with the AAUP recent warning…
Sentencing Law and Policy
North Carolina law that excluded sex offender from church declared unconstitutional
Main December 17, 2009North Carolina law that excluded sex offender from church declared unconstitutionalThis local article reports on a notable new ruling declaring unconstitutional certain restriction placed on sex offenders…
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Legal Aid Organizations Receiving Grants Under LSC: Federal Restrictions On Seeking Attorney’s Fees Beat As-Applied Constitutional Challenges
Ninth Circuit So Rules in Split Decision. Congress has imposed certain restrictions on legal aid organizations that receive federal grants through the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), including that grantee attorneys…
Media Law Prof Blog
Group Libel Law and the Limits of First Amendment Protection
Kenneth Lasson, University of Baltimore School of Law, has published "In Defense of Group-Libel Laws, or Why the First Amendment Should Not Protect Nazis," in the New York Law School Journal…
Media Law Prof Blog
Student Online First Amendment Rights
Jacob Tabor, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, has published "Students' First Amendment Rights in the Age of the Internet: Off-Campus Cyberspeech and School Regulation," in volume…