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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
COVID-19 and the First Amendment: Thoughts for State and Local Regulators
[caption id="attachment_2694" align="alignright" width="275"] Large religious gatherings, such as Catholic masses, may result in virus transmission, but may be difficult for U.S. governments to prohibit. Source: Catholic Sun.[/caption] Since the…
Religion Clause
Christian Evangelists May Move Ahead With Part of Their Challenges To Restrictions On Them At City Festival
In O'Connell v. City of New Bern, North Carolina, (ED NC, March 10, 2020), a North Carolina federal district court allowed two Christian evangelists to move ahead with certain of their…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Federal Court Enjoins Chicago Park Speech Regulations
In a case involving violations of nearly every First Amendment protection for speech in public places, a federal court recently enjoined enforcement of new Chicago restrictions on speech in the…
The IP Law Blog
YouTube and the First Amendment
Is the privately-owned YouTube site really a “state actor” subject to judicial scrutiny under the First Amendment? That’s the claim made in a lawsuit by Prager University, which is not…
PrawfsBlawg
The procedure of frivolous political defamation actions
Main Tuesday, March 03, 2020The procedure of frivolous political defamation actionsThe Donald Trump Campaign today sued the Washington Post in the District of D.C. over a June 2019 column by…
California Employment Law Update
California’s Latest Gift to the Public Employee Unions is Challenged in Federal Court
On Tuesday, seven elected officials from various local government bodies challenged a recently enacted California state law that prohibits a public employer from “deter[ing] or discourag[ing] public employees from becoming…
PrawfsBlawg
Criticizing basketball ref is protected speech
Main Thursday, February 27, 2020Criticizing basketball ref is protected speechThe Sixth Circuit on Thursday issued the opinion (by Judge Sutton) in Higgins v. Kentucky Sports Radio, holding that talking about…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Justices Seem Inclined to Find Immigration Criminal Statute to Violate the First Amendment
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate recaps the oral arguments in the Supreme Court yesterday in United States v. Sineneng-Smith. Here is the transcript. The question presented in the case is whether…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in First Amendment Challenge to Crime of Encouraging or Inducing Immigration Violation
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe Court heard oral argument in United States v. Sineneng-Smith involving the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C.§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv). The statute…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Civil Stalking Protection Order Potentially Collides with First Amendment Rights. Joni Bey, et al. v. Jeffrey Rasawehr
Update: On June 16, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “So, in this case the judge could say…