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Religion Clause
School’s Transgender Policy Does Not Violate Teacher’s 1st Amendment Rights
In Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools, (D MD, Jan. 17, 2025), a public-school substitute teacher alleged that a Maryland school system violated her free exercise and free speech rights when…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 13, 2025 to January 17, 2025
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these…
Religion Clause
2 Reports Survey the State of Religious Liberty in the U.S. in 2024
Two broad reviews of the state of religious liberty in the United States were released yesterday. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty released the 6th edition of its Religious Freedom Index:…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Florida appeals court finds First Amendment violation in "sexual predator" label on state IDs
Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down an interesting ruling late last week in Crist v. Florida, No. 5D2022-2966 (5th App. Fla. Jan. 10, 2025) (available here). This press…
Government and Public Policy
Split Florida appeals court finds First Amendment violation in “sexual predator” label on state IDs
Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down an interesting ruling late last week in Crist v. Florida, No. 5D2022-2966 (5th App. Fla. Jan. 10, 2025) (available here). This press…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Tik-ing Down?: Supreme Court Considers TikTok’s Future Amid National Security Concerns
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian
The clock is winding down on TikTok’s future in the United States, as the popular video-sharing website’s China-based owner, ByteDance, has until this Sunday, Jan. 19, to sell TikTok to…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts and the First Amendment: Union Edition
I was today years old (writing in December 2024) when I learned of the 2020 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision finding that it had no jurisdiction over faculty at…
PrawfsBlawg
Can Donald Trump block people on Twitter?
Main Monday, January 13, 2025Can Donald Trump block people on Twitter?I taught Lindke v. Freed in Civil Rights today and I genuinely do not know the answer. But I think…
Imran Khaliq
Will the U.S.
By Imran Khaliq
Will the U.S. Supreme Court reverse the law Congress passed to divest TikTok from its Chinese parent, ByteDance?Credit: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today…
Legal Profession Blog
Veritas
The en banc United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a challenge by Project Veritas to the constitutionality of an Oregon statute that criminalizes surreptitious recordingAppellants Project…