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Land Use Prof Blog
A “sign” of the times …
One can either frown, chuckle, or ignore the story of the efforts of Reading, Ohio (north of Cincinnati), to regulate the placement of a busty mannequin as an attraction…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Narrows Garcetti
The Fifth Circuit issued an interesting decision in late April on the First Amendment rights of elected officials. In Rangra v. Brown, the court had to decidewhether speech of elected…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
ACLU Challenges Patents on Breast Cancer Genes
ACLU press release:The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation,a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. CardozoSchool of Law (PUBPAT), filed a lawsuit today charging that patents ontwo…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should pending legislation worry federalist and Supremacy Claus?
Main May 6, 2009Should pending legislation worry federalist and Supremacy Claus?This new postat the "Threat Level" blog at Wired.com, which is titled "Prison Awaiting Hostile Bloggers," might give pause to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Michael Dorf on FCC v. Fox
FindLaw's Michael Dorf analyzes the Supreme Court's ruling in FCC v. Fox here.
Reverse & Render
Texas Open Meetings Act vs. the First Amendment Rights of Elected Officials
This entry comes to us courtesy of Sim Israeloff. Many elected officials in Texas, including most who are elected to city councils and school boards, serve as citizen volunteers without…
TortsProf Blog
Charleston Law Review Cited by Justice Thomas
Admittedly, this is not Torts-related, but I am so proud of my students that I ask your indulgence this one time. In yesterday's ruling in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, et…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Copyrights: First Amendment Trumps Copyright Restoration
On April 3, 2009, the District Court for Colorado entered a groundbreaking copyright decision, treading on new judicial territory by directly applying the First Amendment to invalidate a provision of…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment Audience
Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky has published Nobody's Fools: The Rational Audience as First Amendment Ideal as University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2009-19. Here is the abstract.Assumptions…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and Anonymous Speech
Paul Horwitz, University of Alabama School of Law, has published Anonymity, Signaling, and Silence as Speech. Here is the abstract. This short article responds to a paper delivered by Professor Martin…