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Nahmod Law
Retaliatory Civil Actions and the First Amendment After Nieves
First Amendment Retaliatory Prosecutions, Arrests and Civil Proceedings: The Eleventh Circuit Gets It Wrong Does the Court’s retaliatory arrest-First Amendment decision in Nieves v. Bartlett, 139 S. Ct. 1715 (2019),…
Simple Justice
When All Wrong Words Are “Fighting Words”
There were at least two distinct problems faced by Georgia Gwinnett College student Chike Uzuegbunam, although he did everything he could to address the first, the Orwellian requirement to obtain…
Nonprofit Law Blog
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 8/7/20
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “The chief executive of the…
PrawfsBlawg
Anti-SLAPP fee-shifting in federal court
Main Thursday, August 06, 2020Anti-SLAPP fee-shifting in federal courtI have argued in prior posts that the solution to SLAPP suits is not the heightened standards from state laws (which cannot…
PrawfsBlawg
Debate: Free speech v. Cancel culture (Updated)
Main Tuesday, August 04, 2020Debate: Free speech v. Cancel culture (Updated)Ken (Popehat) White for the position that "cancel culture" is a cynical ploy to undermine counter-speech v. Greg Lukianoff (of…
PrawfsBlawg
Judicial departmentalism and particularity on Twitter (Updated)
Main Saturday, August 01, 2020Judicial departmentalism and particularity on Twitter (Updated)In 2019, the Second Circuit held that Donald Trump could not ban people from following him on Twitter for viewpoint-discriminatory…
Media Law Prof Blog
Kende on Social Media, the First Amendment, and Democratic Dysfunction in the Trump Era @DrakeLawSchool
Mark Kende, Drake University Law School, has published Social Media, the First Amendment, and Democratic Dysfunction in the Trump Era at 68 Drake Law Review 273 (2020). Here is the…
Simple Justice
Reporters In The Middle Of The Storm
Can anyone define the parameters to be characterized as a journalist anymore? Am I a journalist? I have this blog, but is that enough? Are you? You “report” on Facebook…
PrawfsBlawg
(Update) Grab your fedora, we are all journalists now and other thoughts on the Portland TRO
Main Friday, July 24, 2020(Update) Grab your fedora, we are all journalists now and other thoughts on the Portland TROA federal judges issued a TRO preventing federal paramilitary force in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Enjoins Federal Agents Acting Against Journalists and Legal Observers in Portland, Oregon
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a Temporary Restraining Order and Opinion in Index Newspapers v. City of Portland, Judge Michael Simon enjoined the…