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Simple Justice
The “Blatantly Unconstitutional” Injunction Against The Government
Being a fan of history, I often enjoy Heather Cox Richardson’s discussion of current events in a historical context. But she’s a much better historian than lawyer, which makes sense…
PrawfsBlawg
Injunctive absurdity
Main Wednesday, July 05, 2023Injunctive absurdityJudge Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana found that federal jawboning of social media sites with respect to COVID, the 202 election, and Hunter…
Faruki Blog
Jack Daniel's and the "Bad Spaniels" Dog Toy: The Supreme Court Leaves Trademark Litigants Something to Chew On
By dburtonficlaw-com-don-burton
In Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products, LLC, No. 22-148, 599 U.S. ___ (2023), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a First Amendment "filter" was inapplicable to a claim…
Family Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Decision
By Family Law
From New York Times:The Supreme Court sided on Friday with a web designer in Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples…
PrawfsBlawg
Final orders list
Main Friday, June 30, 2023Final orders listThe Court released its clean-up order following the release of opinions, granting cert in several cases. Several things of note:• No decision on the…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Supreme Court Says Wedding Website Designer May Refuse Same-Sex Couples Under First Amendment
By Nonnie L. Shivers, Zachary V. Zagger
On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled a wedding website designer who has religious objections to same-sex marriage may legally refuse to design websites for…
The Right Coast
Supreme Court sides with web designer who didn’t want to create pro-LGBT messages | Washington Examiner
"Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance," Gorsuch added.Gorsuch's majority opinion was…
PrawfsBlawg
What’s Funny About Compliance(?)
Main Thursday, June 29, 2023What's Funny About Compliance(?) For different reasons than mine, Steve points to a Washington Free Beacon story describing the First Amendment training implemented for students at…
PrawfsBlawg
Predicting tomorrow
Main Thursday, June 29, 2023Predicting tomorrowOn Sunday, Jonathan Adler predicted the authors and outcomes of the major cases. So far, he has done well on authors--he called Harvard (Roberts), Moore…
Faruki Blog
No First Amendment Protection for Private Employee
By jgreinerficlaw-com-jack-greiner
An Ohio appellate court recently held that a private company that fired an employee for allegedly posting a racist meme was not liable for a public policy violation. The court…