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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/24/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: This morning, I heard on the news that the United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that students cannot be punished for online, off-campus speech. As I understand…
Religion Clause
Suit Challenges "In God We Trust" On Mississippi License Plates
Suit was filed yesterday in a Mississippi federal district court by atheist and secular humanist plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi including the state seal-- which carries the motto "In…
PrawfsBlawg
More on Lafayette Square Lawsuits
Main Tuesday, June 22, 2021More on Lafayette Square LawsuitsThe district court dismissed some, but not all, of the claims arising from the clearing of Lafayette Square in June 2020. Despite…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Nikole Hannah-Jones May Have a First Amendment Case (by Nareissa Smith, Esq.)
By SpearIt
The Harvard University motto - “Veritas” - means “Truth” in Latin. Morehouse College’s Latin motto, “Et facta est lux,” translates to, “Let there be light.” The frequent appearance of “lux”…
Media Law Prof Blog
Francis on Freedom of Thought in the United States: The First Amendment, Marketplaces of Ideas, and the Internet @sjquinney
Leslie P. Francis, University of Utah College of Law, is publishing Freedom of Thought in the United States: The First Amendment, Marketplaces of Ideas, and the Internet in the European…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ugland on Hacks, Leaks, and Data Dumps: The Right to Publish Illegally Acquired Information Twenty Years After Bartnicki v. Vopper @ErikUgland
Erik Ugland, Marquette University, is publishing Hacks, Leaks, and Data Dumps: The Right to Publish Illegally Acquired Information Twenty Years After Bartnicki v. Vopper in volume 96 of the Washington…
PrawfsBlawg
Mike Lindell sues Dominion
Main Friday, June 04, 2021Mike Lindell sues DominionMyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's new lawsuit against Dominion is a rerun and expansion of the suit the company filed last month, throwing in…
PrawfsBlawg
More stupid lawsuits, ep. 81
Main Wednesday, June 02, 2021More stupid lawsuits, ep. 81Something called the "Job Creators Network" has sued MLB, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the MLBPA, MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clar, and a…
PrawfsBlawg
Even First Amendment violations are bigger in Texas
Main Thursday, May 27, 2021Even First Amendment violations are bigger in TexasTexas must have been jealous that Florida was getting all the attention for enacting laws that violate the First…
PrawfsBlawg
That did not take long
Main Thursday, May 27, 2021That did not take longOn Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the law purporting to regulate whether and how social-media sites decide who can use their…