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Religion Clause
9th Circuit Orders En Banc Review of School’s Action Against Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted en banc review in Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education. The court's January 18 Order (full…
Simple Justice
Is “Tradition of Regulation” A Free Speech Exception?
The question posed to the original three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit was whether the state of Washington could prohibit a licensed therapist, Brian Tingley, from advising his patient under…
PrawfsBlawg
Bizarre (and arguably advisory and ultra vires) opinion in Warren v. DeSantis (Slight edit)
Main Friday, January 20, 2023Bizarre (and arguably advisory and ultra vires) opinion in Warren v. DeSantis (Slight edit)The case arises from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspending Hillsborough County (Tampa) State's…
Health Law Prof Blog
Stay Out of My Head: Neurodata, Privacy, and the First Amendment
Wayne Unger (Gonzaga University), Stay Out of My Head: Neurodata, Privacy, and the First Amendment, Wash. & Lee L. Rev. (Forthcoming):The once science-fictional idea of mind-reading is within reach as…
Municipal Minute
Seventh Circuit Upholds Digital Sign Ban Citing Recent Supreme Court Case
We have written a number of posts on Municipal Minute discussing the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings in cases challenging municipal sign codes under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on…
The Right Coast
How to Take the Twitter Files to Court – WSJ
The First Amendment protects not only speakers but also consumers, listeners and viewers. As the high court held in Virginia Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council (1976), when…
Religion Clause
Happy New Year 2023!
Dear Religion Clause Readers:Happy New Year 2023! I hope that you continue to find Religion Clause a valuable source of information on the intersection of law, religion and public policy.…
Municipal Minute
Wisconsin Court Finds University Social Media to be Nonpublic Forum
We wrote last week about an Illinois federal district court case involving government use of social media. In that case, the district court allowed a First Amendment challenge against a…
Media Law Prof Blog
TGP v. Maricopa County
From Marc Randazza: TGP v. MARICOPACASE DESCRIPTION: In this case, Maricopa County had a tense relationship with The Gateway Pundit and its reporter, Jordan Conrad. Prior reporting by Conrad and TGP…
Media Law Prof Blog
Koppelman on The Emerging First Amendment Right to Mistreat Students @AndrewKoppelman @CaseWRsrvLRev
Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University School of Law, is publishing The Emerging First Amendment Right to Mistreat Students in the Case Western Reserve Law Review. Here is the abstract.Under the long-settled…