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PrawfsBlawg
Excluding Members-Elect from Congress
Main Wednesday, December 16, 2020Excluding Members-Elect from CongressAs a comment to my prior post noted, Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey wrote Speaker Pelosi last week and suggested that the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Says No Standing to Challenge State Political Balancing Requirements
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago Law SchoolThe Supreme Court ruled this week that a Delaware attorney lacked standing to challenge the state's political balancing requirements for seats on…
Employment Law Business Guide
EEOC Issues Proposed Updated Compliance Manual on Religious Discrimination
On November 17, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published a proposed update to its 2008 guidance on religious discrimination in the workplace. The five member commission voted 3-2…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Denial of Street Preacher’s Preliminary Injunction Motion
Earlier this year, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction requested by a street preacher who alleged that a…
Municipal Minute
New Podcast Released – Social Media Workshop
Ancel Glink's Quorum Forum podcast just released Episode 47: IAMMA Social Media Workshop! A description of this podcast is below and you can listen to the podcast on the Quorum…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Texas Drone Law Faces Constitutional Challenges
Texas’ drone law, the “Use of Unmanned Aircraft,” is being challenged by press organizations and photographers for alleged violations of the First Amendment. The law prohibits the capture of images…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
The First Amendment in Employment and Education – Five Issues for 2021
By David Urban
This year saw perhaps the largest public protests in American history, one of the most contentious election years, vast public use of social media to achieve political and social goals,…
The Right Coast
The Big Tech Occupation – The American Mind
Big Tech has infiltrated the American homeland and is imposing speech laws that resemble those of Europe, challenging the authority and longevity of the First Amendment. Although we share common…
The Right Coast
High school forces student to remove pro-Trump face mask, allows pro-Biden masks: warning letter | The College Fix
Not only was Bradford s claim about the dress code false, but Northwest Rankin High has [a]pparently allowed students and teachers, without reprimand, to wear face masks and other clothing…
A Lawyer's Blog
NEW RULES – SLAPP
On November 10, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation amending the Civil Rights Law provisions which are aimed to deter abusive "strategic lawsuits against public participation," known as SLAPPs, viz.,…