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PrawfsBlawg
Cascading Fed Courts issues
Main Tuesday, March 09, 2021Cascading Fed Courts issuesI have not given enough thought to how one SCOTUS decision on one issue produces a cascade of other issues. Janus provides a…
The Right Coast
SCOTUS, 8-1: You better believe students can sue colleges over “speech zone” First Amendment violations
That gasp heard after this ruling dropped comes from every college and university with a free speech zone and policies that impose heckler s vetoes. Plaintiffs suing over restrictions on…
Political Law Briefing
Nonprofits Weigh in on California Donor Disclosure Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court
By Cristina I. Vessels, Janice M. Ryan, Lawrence H. Norton, Ashleigh A. Allione, George E. Constantine
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review two similar constitutional challenges to California's law requiring that charitable organizations registered to fundraise in the state disclose the names and addresses…
Media Law Prof Blog
Fordham Law Democracy Clinic Reports on Improving Communication with Public Officials on Social Media: Proposals for Protecting Social Media Users’ First Amendment Rights @FordhamLawNYC
Fordham Law Democracy Clinic Reports has published Improving Communication with Public Officials on Social Media: Proposals for Protecting Social Media Users’ First Amendment Rights. Here is the abstract.Government officials undermine…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit concludes that the Kentucky Billboard Act violates the First Amendment.
The Kentucky Billboard Act requires a permit for billboards that advertise off-site activities—but no permit is required for on-site billboard advertising. Lion’s Den, an “adult superstore” that sought to advertise…
Religion Clause
New York’s No-Fault Divorce Law Did Not Infringe Wife’s Religious Freedom
In King v. New York, (ND NY, Feb. 26, 2021), a New York federal district court rejected a wife's contention that New York's no-fault divorce law violates the Free Exercise and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Upholds Lower Court in March For Life Tweet Lawsuit Including Kathy Griffin as Defendant
The Sixth Circuit has affirmed the ruling of a lower court dismissing complaints against two defendants for tweets about the 2019 March for Life rally. Plaintiffs who were Covington High…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra – What’s at Stake?
Exciting times in the world of nonprofit law, as the Supreme Court will soon decide a case with potentially significant implications for regulation of nonprofits. Nonprofits challenge the constitutionality of…
Simple Justice
BLM Mural Held Government Speech
A group called “Women for America First” didn’t so much object to the painting of Black Lives Matter on a New York City street. They just wanted their turn. After…
PrawfsBlawg
Fuck everything
Main Monday, February 22, 2021Fuck everythingToday is the 50th anniversary of argument in Cohen v. California, the "fuck the draft" case. The argument famously began with an admonition from Chief…