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ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Argument in First Amendment/Immigration Case
The Supreme Court hears oral argument tomorrow in United States v. Sineneng-Smith. My colleague Jack Chin previewed the case for SCOTUSBlog:"United States v. Sineneng-Smith offers a master class in interpreting…
Religion Clause
No 1st Amendment Violation In Requiring Parolee To Live At Christian Homeless Shelter
In Janny v. Gamez, (D CO, Feb. 21, 2020), a Colorado federal district court dismissed an inmate's First Amendment challenge to his arrest for parole violations. Mark Janny's parole officer directed…
Texas Bar Blog
TYLA to launch First Amendment educational website
The Texas Young Lawyers Association, commonly called the “public service arm” of the State Bar of Texas, will launch Your Voice, Now!, an online learning platform aimed to educate students…
Media Law Prof Blog
Krotoszynski on The Disappearing First Amendment (Preface and Chapter 10) @UALawSchool
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., University of Alabama School of Law, has published The Disappearing First Amendment (Preface and Chapter 10) (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Here is the abstract.The standard account…
School Law
Ninth Circuit Upholds District’s Imposition of Parent Communication Plan
By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Peter J. Maher
School districts often grapple with how to handle communications from a minority of parents who send voluminous and uncivil messages to their children’s teachers and other school staff. The U.S.…
Media Law Prof Blog
NYPD Arrests Journalist For Filming Officers During Arrest
NYPD officers arrested Amr Alfiky, a reporter with ABC and Reuters, after he filmed them taking another person into custody. The NYPD claimed he failed to identify himself as a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Duke University School of Law Now Accepting Applications For Director of First Amendment Clinic
Duke University School of Law is accepting applications for a director for its First Amendment Clinic. The new director will work with the clinic’s supervising attorney to build on the clinic’s…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: 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. Read the analysis of the oral argument here.…
Media Law Prof Blog
SMU Law School Call for Applications: First Amendment Fellow @SMULawSchool
Southern Methodist University School of Law has posted a call for applications for a First Amendment Fellow in its First Amendment Clinic. See here.
Media Law Prof Blog
Hooker on Censorship, Free Speech & Facebook: Applying the First Amendment to Social Media Platforms via the Public Function Exception @MatthewPHooker
Matthew Hooker, Wake Forest University School of Law, is publishing Censorship, Free Speech & Facebook: Applying the First Amendment to Social Media Platforms via the Public Function Exception in volume…