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Religion Clause
National Archives Sued for Requiring Visitors to Remove Pro-Life Apparel
Suit was filed this week in the D.C. federal district court by three anti-abortion proponents who visited the National Archives on the day of the March for Life in Washington.…
Religion Clause
Court Tells City to Negotiate Damages After Its Wrongful Arrest of "Psalm Sing" Protesters Against Covid Restrictions
In Rench v. City of Moscow, (D ID, Feb. 1, 2023), an Idaho federal district court refused to dismiss a suit by three plaintiffs who were arrested for violating a COVID…
Simple Justice
4th Circuit Holds Livestreaming Traffic Stop May Be Protected
Contrary to what some have asserted on social media, it’s not quite a done deal, as the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Sharpe v. Winterville Police Dep’t neither affirmatively held that…
PrawfsBlawg
Younger strikes again
Main Tuesday, February 07, 2023Younger strikes againFlorida (naturally) leads the pack of red states trying to stop (likely First Amendment protected) drag shows. It is pursuing the Orlando Philharmonic Foundation…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
Ninth Circuit Provides Guidance on First Amendment Protections Afforrded Controversial Public Safety Social Media Posts
By Mastagni Law
The phenomenon that is social media is not new nor novel in today's society. Yet, social media's impact on speech and its overlap with the First Amendment continues to evolve…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Misunderstanding the Meriwether Case Seeming to Uphold a Professor’s Right to Misgender Students
By Tracy Thomas
Brian Soucek & Ryan Chen, Misunderstanding MeriwetherMeriwether v. Hartop is widely seen as one of the most important academic freedom and transgender rights cases of recent years. Whether praising it as…
Litigation Finance Journal
CNN Report on Personal Injury Advertising Trends
By John Freund
In 1977, the United States Supreme Court ruled that legal advertisements are protected by the first amendment. The court highlighted that restrictions on legal marketing hampered access to justice “particularly…
PrawfsBlawg
More on Warren-DeSantis and the court’s ill-advised analysis
Main Monday, January 30, 2023More on Warren-DeSantis and the court's ill-advised analysisI wrote last week about the district court decision in the lawsuit between the Hillsborough (FL) County DA and…
Regulatory Oversight
South Carolina Judge Rules NAACP Public Records Scraping Case May Proceed
By David N. Anthony, Stephen C. Piepgrass, Michael Yaghi, Noland Butler, Whitney Shephard
In a January 10 ruling, U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis sided with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), finding that they may continue in their…
PrawfsBlawg
Jack Phillips loses on defense, no one cares
Main Friday, January 27, 2023Jack Phillips loses on defense, no one caresJack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop provide the response to complaints about SB 8 (and other "vigilante federalism" laws) that…