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Media Law Prof Blog
Smith on Moral Panic and the First Amendment @msmith750 @StMarys_Law @buffalolawrev
Michael L. Smith, St. Mary's University School of Law, is publishing Moral Panic and the First Amendment in volume 72 of the Buffalo Law Review. Here is the abstract.Debates over…
PrawfsBlawg
Free speech line drawing (Updated)
Main Friday, October 20, 2023Free speech line drawing (Updated)UC-Davis history professor Jemma DeCristo faces some internal and external troubles over a tweet reading "[One] group of ppl we have easy…
Nahmod Law
Certiorari Granted in First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest Case: Gonzalez v. Trevino, No. 22-1079
The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Gonzalez v. Trevino, 42 F.4th 487 (5th Cir. 2022), cert granted, 143 S. Ct. — (2023), where the plaintiff, a former city council…
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Law Blog
Philadelphia Teachers Accuse the District of Violating Their First Amendment Rights After Holding Asbestos Protests
For purposes of this article, the teachers in this case will be referred to as E.T., C.G., and K.C. Recently, schoolteachers from a school in Philadelphia filed a class action…
Religion Clause
Episcopal Priest Sues County Commissioners Over Invocation Policy
Suit was filed this week in a Michigan federal district court by an Episcopal Priest in Grand Haven, Michigan, challenging the manner in which the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners…
Religion Clause
Reservist Challenges Military’s Admonition of Him for His Remarks at Retirement Ceremony
Suit was filed this week in a Texas federal district court by Jace Yarbrough, a Major in the Air Force Reserve, challenging a Letter of Admonition issued to him by…
Simple Justice
Does Florida’s Transgender Bathroom Law Violate Free Speech?
The usual and expected point of attack against laws regarding the use of bath and changing facilities by transgender people is the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, arguing that they…
Faruki Blog
Texas Ban On Drag Shows Unconstitutional
By jgreinerficlaw-com-jack-greiner
A federal court sitting in Texas recently struck down as unconstitutional a law banning "drag shows." Angela King and Josh Williams, two Ohio legislators who've introduced similar legislation -- H.B.…
The Right Coast
Justice Alito s First Amendment – WSJ
Justice Samuel Alito, by contrast, vigorously rejects the anything-goes theory. The First Amendment was not intended to prohibit any regulation of speech, he said in a Journal interview on July…
Religion Clause
School Board Member Sues to Vindicate Her Reading of Bible at Board Meetings
Suit was filed this week in an Arizona federal district court by Heather Rooks, a member of the Peoria, Arizona school board, seeking a declaratory judgment to vindicate her practice…