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first amendment
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Simple Justice
Short Take: Biden Yells Fire
President Joe Biden had a point to make, and he made it in a way that will resonate with those who agree with him. pic.twitter.com/xkVzaElQxW — Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is Justice Kavanaugh eager to bring proportionality review to government sanctions … to protect speech under the First Amendment?
It comes as no suprise that a lot of attention is being given to the Supreme Court case argued today inolving a First Amendment claim brought by a young public…
Criminal
Is Justice Kavanaugh eager to bring proportionality review to government sanctions … to protect speech under the First Amendment?
It comes as no suprise that a lot of attention is being given to the Supreme Court case argued today inolving a First Amendment claim brought by a young public…
PrawfsBlawg
Can kids be assholes? And other thoughts on Mahanoy arguments
Main Wednesday, April 28, 2021Can kids be assholes? And other thoughts on Mahanoy argumentsHaving listened and taken one pass through the argument in Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L., taking…
Municipal Minute
PAC Again Wades Into First Amendment Territory in Public Comment Challenge
The PAC recently received requests for review from members of the public alleging that the public body improperly imposed content-based restrictions in remote meetings to interrupt and mute public comments…
Religion Clause
Cutoff of Pastor’s City Council Invocation Did Not Violate 1st Amendment
In Gundy v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78850 (MD FL, March 22, 2021)-- decided last month but just available on Lexis-- a Florida federal district court dismissed…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Says No Clearly Established Right to Photo Police on Highway
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Eleventh Circuit ruled last week that a witness to a highway accident didn't have a clearly established right to photograph…
Media Law Prof Blog
Corbin on Government Speech and First Amendment Capture @CarolineMCorbin @VirginiaLawRev
Caroline Mala Corbin, University of Miami School of Law, is publishing Government Speech and First Amendment Capture in the Virginia Law Review Online (2021). Here is the abstract.Alarm regarding government…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
NorCal LERA Adds Howard A. Liberman to the Panel Discussion on 1st Amendment Rights in the Age of Protests and Pandemic – Discipline and Employment Relations
By Mastagni Law
The Northern California Labor and Employment Relations Association (NorCal LERA) has existed as a chapter of national LERA since 1977. The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) was founded in 1947 as a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
First Circuit Rebuffs Officer’s Free-Speech Retaliation Claim
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe First Circuit ruled last week that a Massachusetts police department did not violate an officer's free-speech rights by taking disciplinary…