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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Will ADF’s “Pulpit Freedom Day” Raise a Debatable Constitutional Question, or is the First Amendment Issue Reasonably Clear Such that No Real Question Exists?
On September 8, 2008, I blogged about ADF's proposed "Pulpit Freedom Day" on Sunday, September 28, 2008. Since then, my colleague Linda Beale indicated on her ataxaingmatter blog, that she…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Public Employee Enjoys Rare First Amendment Retaliation Success
From mlive.com, comes this First Amendment retaliation case that reminds me of the old days of public employee free speech rights before the Garcetti decision of the U.S. Supreme Court…
inversecondemnation.com
9th Circuit: No First Amendment, NEPA Violation in Kauai Superferry Protest
In a brief opinion (the case was decided without oral argument), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Hawaii district court's dismissal of claims that the security zone established by the U.S.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal District Court Upholds Mass. Clinic Buffer Zone Law
JURIST: District court upholds Massachusetts law mandating abortion protester 'buffer zone', by Joe Shaulis: District Judge Joseph Tauro [official profile] held [PDF text] Friday that a Massachusetts statute [text] establishing…
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
Service as a Public Safety Officer and The First Amendment–Blurring the Line
In the case of Leek v. New Jersey Department of Corrections, 33-2-0497, a Senior Corrections Officer appealed the New Jersey Department of Personnel, Merit System Board's decision to uphold the Department's…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Parental Rights trump student First Amendment rights
By Family Law
The Eleventh Circuit has upheld Florida's statute allowing a student to be excused from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance ONLY with a "written request" from the student's parent. In Frazier…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 8/4/08
By Rob La Gatta
Welcome back to the working week, the first of its kind in August. We're happy to report that the amount of content flowing from the LexBlogosphere today is great, the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Reporter, Also Witness In Criminal Trial, Challenges Gag Order
A United States District Judge has issued a gag order that raises interesting issues of First Amendment law, because it prohibits a local tv reporter, who's also a witness in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit: Activists May Display Photos of Aborted Fetuses Near Middle School
LA Times: Federal court upholds abortion foes' 1st Amendment rights, by Victoria Kim: The 1st Amendment rights of two anti-abortion activists were violatedwhen they were ordered to stop circling a…
TortsProf Blog
First Amendment Precludes Tort Claim for Emotional Distress Caused by Exorcism
Last week, in Pleasant Glade Assembly of God v. Schubert [pdf], the Texas Supreme Court held that the First Amendment precluded a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress and…