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first amendment
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Municipal Minute
Public Comment Policy Overly Broad and Vague Under First Amendment
In Merriott v. City of Bossier City, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a city's "decorum" policy for city meetings violated the First Amendment because it was overly…
Religion Clause
Artist’s Suit Over Removal of Trump with Jesus Painting Is Dismissed
In Rose v. Arts Bonita, Inc., (MD FL, July 12, 2026), a Florida federal district court dismissed, with leave to amend, a complaint against the city and the organizer of…
Regulatory Oversight
Justices’ Ruling Alters Playing Field for State Subpoena Suits
By Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Matthew Berns, Monica Coscia
Published in Law360 on July 10, 2026. © Copyright 2026, Portfolio Media, Inc., publisher of Law360. Reprinted here with permission. For the recipient of a subpoena from a state attorney general or…
Law of the Land
7th Cir. CA Affirms Denial of Motion for Preliminary Injunction Related to Underlying First Amendment Retaliation Claims Regarding Beer Garden Permit
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (the “Court”) addressed an appeal from a district court’s denial of a…
Drug & Device Law
Second Circuit Upholds New York Vaccine Mandate (Again)
Lately, weirdly, sadly, some people have suggested that the Enlightenment was a mistake. They contend that an overemphasis on rationality robbed humanity of feeling, faith, etc. What drivel. Every day…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Texas Voted to Require Bible Readings in Public Schools. Try That at Your Company and See What Happens.
Here’s what happens: a Title VII problem by lunch. TL;DR: The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-5-1 to require Bible passages — including sections of Exodus for fifth graders…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Social Media Posts and the First Amendment Rights of Government Employees
Since we last posted about the First Amendment rights of employees in 2012, the law has remained relatively stable but social media has exploded. And for the last 14 years,…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Served With a Defamation Cease-and-Desist? Why Illinois Law and the First Amendment Often Protect What You Said
By Peter S. Lubin, James V. DiTommaso
The cease-and-desist letter gives you ten days. You wrote a review, or warned a customer, or told an unflattering truth about a former vendor in a way that cost him…
inversecondemnation.com
CA8: Filming While Trespassing Is Not Protected By First Amendment Because Owner Doesn’t Surrender Right To Exclude By Opening Property To The Public
As the caption of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's opinion in People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 25-1750 (Apr. 23, 2026),…
TortsProf Blog
Bogus on NYT v. Sullivan
Carl Bogus has posted to SSRN Why New York Times v. Sullivan Must Be Preserved. The abstract provides: New York Times v. Sullivan is under siege. Supreme Court justices and eminent…