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FCC Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Pauses Injunction Restricting Communications Between the Government and Social Media Companies Over Content Removal
On July 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an administrative stay of an order that would prohibit certain federal officials and agencies from communicating…
Municipal Minute
Court Finds Criticism of Police Chief by Former Officer Not Actionable Under First Amendment
A former police officer brought a lawsuit against the Police Chief alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated. The officer had raised concerns about the Chief's actions at a…
DuetsBlog
Trademarks and the First Amendment
By Steve Baird®
Couldn't be more pleased and thankful to collaborate and share insights on the timely topic of Trademarks, Parody, and the First Amendment, with esteemed Professor of Law Christine Farley during our upcoming Strafford webinar on…
New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog
Second Circuit Finds Restrictions On the Form or Manner of Speech In A Limited Public Forum Does Not Violate First Amendment
Recently, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court determination that the City of Kingston had the right to prohibit the public from displaying signs at a City…
Faruki Blog
"Red Headed Bitch" Not Fighting Words
By jgreinerficlaw-com-jack-greiner
An Ohio Appellate Court recently issued a decision that is good news for the First Amendment, and apparently bad news for red heads. The Court overturned a disorderly conduct conviction…
Media Law Prof Blog
Erickson and Bunker on The Jurisprudence of Tradition: Constitutional Gaslighting and the Future of First Amendment Free Speech Doctrine @WidenerJournal @csuf @UofAlabama
Emily Erickson, California State University, Fullerton, and Matthew D. Bunker, University of Alabama, have published The Jurisprudence of Tradition: Constitutional Gaslighting and the Future of First Amendment Free Speech Doctrine…
The Right Coast
Feds Argue First Amendment Causes ‘Irreparable Harm’ in Bid to Save Censorship Regime
The U.S. government betrayed its total and utter contempt for the First Amendment in a recent filing in the landmark Missouri v. Biden free speech case.The filing a motion responding…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Supreme Court Just Legalized Stalking
By Tracy Thomas
Mary Anne Franks, The Supreme Court Just Legalized Stalking, SlateThe Supreme Court majority describes its holding last week in Counterman v. Colorado as a vindication of the First Amendment and a principled defense of…
Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: Is Lack Of “Collegiality” Cause For Punishment?
If one employee can’t get along with others, it creates two problems. The first is an unhappy workplace, where the employee who is deemed the cause of the problem makes…
Supreme Court Update
Samia v. United States (No. 22-196), Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. (No. 21-1043), United States v. Hansen (No. 22-179), Jones v. Hendrix (No. 21-857)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
We’re back today with summaries of four of the Court’s decisions from the last week of its OT22 term: Samia v. United States (No. 22-196), where a 6-3 Court rejected…