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PrawfsBlawg
Inexplicable decisions, in one post
Main Saturday, November 16, 2019Inexplicable decisions, in one postThe unifying themes of these decisions is that I heard about them yesterday and I do not understand. • The Tenth Circuit…
Mauck & Baker Blog
Preachers, Petitioners, and Protesters
By Mauck Baker
What can Christian evangelists, petition passers, and Trump protesters all get behind?The answer would be free speech, as yet another group has now objected to the City of Chicago’s rules…
PrawfsBlawg
John Oliver on SLAPP suits
Main Monday, November 11, 2019John Oliver on SLAPP suitsJohn Oliver's Last Week Tonight did a long piece on SLAPP suits, including his experience as the target of one by coal…
PrawfsBlawg
State-level universality
Main Friday, November 08, 2019State-level universalityMuch of the controversy over "nationwide" or "universal" injunctions has arisen in suits challenging federal las and regulations. But the reason for finding and using…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal court finds First Amendment violated by sheriff’s plan to place signs of sex offender homes on Halloween
A helpful reader spotlighted a new notable federal court ruling dealing with one example of how some local law enforcement officials sometimes use the Halloween holiday to single out registered…
Simple Justice
Revenge Porn Tested By Kate Hill, And Fails
At the outset, when Mary Anne Franks was first trying to establish revenge porn as a crime and denying to anyone who would listen that it didn’t violate the First…
Simple Justice
Overton’s Dictionary
To its credit, the New York Times published an op-ed by Indiana University law prof Steve Sanders. The subtitle should have sufficed, as the content was so uncontroversial as to…
Simple Justice
Yelling The N-Word Into The Void
There was never any serious question that the prosecution would be prohibited under RAV v. St. Paul, the 1992 Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibited criminalizing expressions of…
Texas Bar Blog
New SMU law clinic to focus on First Amendment issues
SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a First Amendment Clinic in fall 2020 that will focus on issues including free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly…
Simple Justice
Free Speech Even The ACLU Can Support
While the ACLU has largely chosen to forsake its interest in constitutional rights that don’t align with the social justice feelings of its staff, and its donors, it hasn’t entirely…