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PrawfsBlawg
RBG and patriotic symbolism
Main Sunday, November 14, 2021RBG and patriotic symbolismJosh Blackman writes about an attempt by Bryant Johnson, RBG's longtime trainer, to defend the Justice against Katie Couric's report about RBG's comments…
Media Law Prof Blog
Goldberg on First Amendment Contradictions and Pathologies in Discourse @GoldbergPrime @arizlrev
Erica Goldberg, University of Dayton School of Law, is publishing First Amendment Contradictions and Pathologies in Discourse in the Arizona Law Review. Here is the abstract.A robust, principled application of…
The Faculty Lounge
Gainesville, We Have a Problem
[Cross posted on The Academe Blog] Three University of Florida political science professors have sued the university trustees and several officials for violations of the First Amendment and academic freedom,…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
"A First Amendment Right to Burning Bush: Empowering the Free Exercise Clause to Protect Religious use of Psychedelic Drugs"
The title of this post is the title of this new paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Michael McDonald, a recent graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz…
PrawfsBlawg
Standing problems in UF prof lawsuit
Main Saturday, November 06, 2021Standing problems in UF prof lawsuitDespite UF backing down, the three professors filed suit Friday, seeking to enjoin as violative of the First Amendment "any policy…
PrawfsBlawg
More on academic freedom at UF (Updated)
Main Friday, November 05, 2021More on academic freedom at UF (Updated)Updated: The university backed down, at least for the moment. The president convened a task force (including Clay Calvert, an…
Media Law Prof Blog
Rauch on Customized Speech and the First Amendment
Daniel Rauch, Yale University Law School, is publishing Customized Speech and the First Amendment in the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology (2022). Here is the abstract.Customized Speech — speech…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Court orders comment period and public hearing on MSBA lawyer advertising petition
By Minnesota State Bar Association
In late June the MSBA filed a petition (ADM10-8005) requesting changes that would bring Rule 7 of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC), which governs attorney advertising, into alignment…
Religion Clause
California Ban On Harassing Persons Entering Vaccination Site Violates 1st Amendment
In Right to Life of Central California v. Bonta, (ED CA, Oct. 30, 2021), a California federal district court issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of a portion of a…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Seventh Circuit Finds Factual Disputes not Material Affirms Summary Judgment in First Amendment Suit
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit clarified the proper standard for deciding a motion for summary judgment. Many litigants and lawyers alike believe that the existence of a factual…