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Legal Profession Blog
Unfiltered: Four Emojis And An Expletive
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held that the "off topic" restriction by use of a "keyword" filter of the National Institute of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Corbin on The Government Speech Doctrine Ate My Class: First Amendment Capture and Curriculum Bans @CarolineMCorbin @StanLRev @MiamiLawSchool
Caroline Mala Corbin, University of Miami School of Law, is publishing The Government Speech Doctrine Ate My Class: First Amendment Capture and Curriculum Bans in the Stanford Law Review. Here…
Municipal Minute
First Amendment Auditor Case Decided in Massachusetts
A recent case decided by the First Circuit Court of Appeals regarding a lawsuit brought by a citizen-journalist (sometimes referred to as a First Amendment auditor) provides some interesting insight…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Last Month at the Supreme Court | 2023 Term Conclusion
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Monika Harris, Christopher Sakauye, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Ryan VanOver, Dykema
Our final edition of Last Month at the Supreme Court for the 2023 Term captures the outcomes of several critical cases in which the Justices tackle modern issues like the…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Holds in Speech Cases That First Amendment Facial Challenges Require Thorough Analysis of Law’s Application To Show It’s Largely Unconstitutional
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Dykema
On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court held in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton that courts cannot rule on facial First Amendment challenges to laws without conducting a…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
In Murthy v. Missouri, SCOTUS Focus on Plaintiff Standing Sidesteps Underlying, Larger First Amendment Questions
By Carolyn S. Toto, Karina Damian
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision may have substantial effects on social media censorship. Based on their content-moderation policies, social media platforms have taken actions to suppress certain categories of…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Federal Court Allows Ex-Teacher’s First Amendment Claim to Proceed to Trial
A jury will consider a former teacher’s (Mr. Moorehead) First Amendment claim against his former employer, a Pennsylvania School District (the “District”). The claim arose from Mr. Moorehead’s attendance at…
Simple Justice
Did The NYT Sanitize Illegal Pro-Hamas Protest? (Update)
To read the New York Times, protests against Israel Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu were not only peaceful, but protesters were the victims of needless police force and abuse. For this…
Faruki Blog
No Qualified Immunity for First Amendment Threat
By jgreinerficlaw-com-jack-greiner
A disgruntled Massachusetts parent recently obtained an important ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The Glouster school his daughter attended may now face liability…
Media Law Prof Blog
Schweber and Anderson on Beyond Brandenburg: First Amendment Incitement Standards and the Challenge of Internet Speech
Howard Schweber, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Rebecca J. Anderson are publishing Beyond Brandenburg: First Amendment Incitement Standards and the Challenge of Internet Speech in Fight Like Hell: Free Speech…