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Media Law Prof Blog
Volokh on Treating Social Media Platforms Like Common Carriers @unsealiecourt @UCLA_Law @JournalSpeech
Eugene Volokh, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, has published Treating Social Media Platforms Like Common Carriers? at 1 Journal of Free Speech Law 377 (2021). Here is…
Media Law Prof Blog
Call For Applications: Legal Fellow–First Amendment Coalition
The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) seeks applicants to join our growing team for a full-time legal fellowship for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. We…
PrawfsBlawg
Misapplying the thin-skulled plaintiff
Main Friday, October 15, 2021Misapplying the thin-skulled plaintiffI agree with most of Ruth Marcus' takedown of Yale Law School's attempt to extort an apology from a student over an obnoxious…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
The Authority to Punish Lewd Speech is Limited Once a Student Exits School Grounds
Christopher L. Voltz, Esq., cvoltz@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-5580 Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B. L. by and through Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038 (2021). The United States Supreme Court holds that while…
Media Law Prof Blog
Applications For Position as Full-Time Legal Fellow Now Open at University of Georgia School of Law First Amendment Clinic @UGA1stAmClinic
From the UGA School of Law First Amendment Clinic (via Josh Moore at RCFP) The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic seeks a full-time, post-graduate Legal Fellow to start in…
PrawfsBlawg
ICYMI: My thoughts on the Alex Jones Defamation Cases (Fall 2018–First Amendment News)
Main Friday, October 01, 2021ICYMI: My thoughts on the Alex Jones Defamation Cases (Fall 2018--First Amendment News)Libel, Lies, and Conspiracy Theories Alex Jones of Infowars certainly knows how to monetize…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Case On Display of "Christian Flag" At City Hall
The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, (Docket No. 20-1800, certiorari granted 9/30/2021) (Docket List). In the case, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld…
Media Law Prof Blog
Schafer on Defending New York Times v. Sullivan @MatthewSchafer
Matthew Schafter, Fordham University School of Law, is publishing In Defense: New York Times v. Sullivan in volume 82 of the Louisiana Law Review. Here is the abstract.New York Times…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Case on Cheerleaders Supporting Racial Justice
By Jamie Abrams
The Eleventh Circuit published its opinion in Dean v. Warren. College cheerleader Tommia Dean, along with teammates, kneeled during the pre-game national anthem in support of the movement for racial justice.…
ContractsProf Blog
Ohio State Linebacker, Inspired by Cheerleader, Tests the Limits of the First Amendment
Last month, I posted about Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., a case in which the Supreme Court held 8-1 that a school could not punish a cheerleader for a profane…