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ContractsProf Blog
Weekend Frivolity: Our Dumb First Amendment
On Fridays, we often post about things that are funny and contract related or funny and not contract related and just contracts adjacent. Today, I am posting a link to…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
Third Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction in Government Employee First Amendment Masking Case
Aaron J. Walayat, Esq., awalayat@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-3935 On June 29, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the preliminary injunction of the United States District…
Media Law Prof Blog
Whittington on Professional Speech, the First Amendment, and the “Anti-CRT” Laws @kewhittington
Keith E. Whittington, Princeton University, has published Professorial Speech, the First Amendment, and the 'Anti-CRT' Laws. Here is the abstract.Academic freedom enjoys an uncertain status in American constitutional law under…
ContractsProf Blog
A Quick One: Contracts and the First Amendment in Rosati v. LIRR
I have been mining a rare vein of doctrine that combines the precious minerals of contracts law and the First Amendment. The most recent installment, which links to previous posts,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Procaccini on Equal Speech Protection @f_procaccini @vanderbiltlaw @VirginiaLawRev
Francesca Procaccini, Vanderbilt Law School; Harvard Law School; Yale Law School, is publishing Equal Speech Protection in volume 108 of the Virginia Law Review. Here is the abstract.Political speech is…
PrawfsBlawg
Bad lawsuits from the left
Main Thursday, August 18, 2022Bad lawsuits from the leftFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Hillsborough County (Fla--includes Tampa) state's attorney Andrew Warren from office, pursuant to his constitutional power to suspend…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sinha on The End of Government Speech @Hofstra_Law
G. Alex Sinha, Hofstra University School of Law, has published The End of Government Speech. Here is the abstract.Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court created the government speech doctrine to…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Public Officials Who Block Users on Social Media May Be Violating the First Amendment
By Guest Author
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliffe that public officials violated their constituents’ First Amendment rights by blocking them from the public officials’ social media…
The Faculty Lounge
University of Illinois College of Law Seeks First Amendment Clinician
This just in: The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender…
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Does The First Amendment Mean Anti-Harassment Policies Are Illegal? Florida Court Says Yes
In a what-the-frack moment, I took a look at what seems to be an opinion that has no relation to employment law, and realized that it has far-reaching implications. The…