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first amendment
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Media Law Prof Blog
Miller on Amplified Speech @USCGouldLaw @CardozoLRev
Erin Miller, University of Southern California Law School, is publishing Amplified Speech in volume 43 of Cardozo Law Review. Here is the abstract.This Article introduces the concept of amplification into…
PrawfsBlawg
Two interesting § 1983 ideas (corrected)
Main Saturday, June 04, 2022Two interesting § 1983 ideas (corrected)1) Steve Vladeck has an essay at MSNBC on the Court's shrinking docket and slow pace. He makes a point I…
ZMO Law Blog
I'm a First Amendment Lawyer. Johnny Depp's verdict won't survive appeal.
By Zachary Margulis-OhnumaThe jury has spoken and the sexiest pirate on the planet deserves $10 million because his ex-wife wrote in the Washington Post that she is a "public figure…
The Faculty Lounge
CUNY Law School Faculty’s Unanimous BDS Endorsement
My new column for The Hill explains why the CUNY Law School faculty’s academic boycott of Israel may jeopardize its accreditation. Here is the gist: On May 13, a CUNY…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS vacates stay of Texas social-media law (Updated)
Main Tuesday, May 31, 2022SCOTUS vacates stay of Texas social-media law (Updated)SCOTUS vacated the Fifth Circuit unexplained stay of the district court injunction of HB20, Texas' social-media law; in other…
PrawfsBlawg
Judge Newsom in the news
Main Tuesday, May 24, 2022Judge Newsom in the newsThree weeks of grading and a round of edits have limited my writing here. Let me jump back in with a short…
Commercial Litigation Update
Divided Court Supports Ted Cruz’s Campaign Debt Reimbursement but Denies Would-Be Citizen Chance to Correct Bureaucratic Error: SCOTUS Today
It is fair, I think, to say that a substantial majority of those who heard the argument in the case of Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate doubted that, irrespective…
ContractsProf Blog
Texas HB 20, Contracts, and the First Amendment (Again)
If you follow this blog closely, thank you! Also, you may have noticed that I have been gathering cases in which the law of contracts intersects with the First Amendment. …
2Civility Blog
SCOTUS Denies Petitions Challenging Mandatory Bar Associations
By Marin McCall
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently denied petitions from attorneys in Texas, Oklahoma, and Michigan seeking to prohibit mandatory bar associations on the basis that requiring dues to these organizations may…
New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog
Supreme Court Rules, Refusal To Permit Religious Flag At City Hall Violates Free Speech
On May 2. 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the refusal of the City of Boston to permit the flying of a Christian flag, on a flag pole located…