First Amendment
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Government
For The 847,329th Time, NO The First Amendment Does Not Apply To Businesses, TULSI!
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Television
Right-Wing Podcaster Seeks Lawyer To Sue NFL For Condemning Him To Hell With Salacious Halftime Show
The First Amendment does not give J. Lo the right to pole dance in Dave Daubenmire’s living room!
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Courts
The Distortion Surrounding Espinoza v. Montana Has Reached Biblical Proportions
The campaign to reframe anti-establishment liberty as a discrimination against religion already has a win under its belt, and seems poised to win big again this week at the Supreme Court. -
Constitutional Law
Enter Sandmann: CNN Settlement Reminds Us That Most Idiots Have No Idea What A 'Settlement' Is
But who are the real idiots here? -
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Law Schools
University Lawyer Drops N-Word But Self-Censors 'F**k' Because We Wouldn't Want To Offend Anybody
This just keeps happening. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Law Schools
Come Watch Me Lose At Berkeley Law
A free speech debate between First Amendment expert, Ken White, and, like, me. -
Politics
Alabama Student Group Claims It Was More Concerned About Hooliganism Than Booing Trump, Trump Disagrees
The president is happy to chill free speech against him. -
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Government
Bill Introduced To Ban The Word 'Bitch' Because We've Solved All Other Problems
Someone needs to pull these people aside before they make everything worse. -
Media and Journalism
Andy Ngo Is Journalism’s Problem
The former Quillette writer represents a new kind of perfidious pseudo-journalist born of the social media age who was granted a professional respectability he didn’t deserve. But there will be others like him, and journalists need to be more vigilant.
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Government
The Religious Right Is Leading Us Off Valuable First Amendment Rails
Some litigants are allowed to play by different rules when it comes to the First Amendment. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.21.19
* The House Ways and Means Committee has filed for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the Treasury Department and IRS over their refusal to turn over President Trump’s tax returns and has also asked the judge to consider the case on an expedited basis. [The Hill]
* Jones Day blasted plaintiffs in the new parental leave bias claims against the firm on social media, alleging that while one ignored “both the law and biology” to file suit, the other’s performance was “below expectations.” [American Lawyer]
* New York adopted the Uniform Bar Exam to make it a little easier for law school graduates to pass the test. Well, uh… that didn’t exactly work out as planned because the UBE had little to no impact on test performance. [New York Law Journal]
* This just in from the Seventh Circuit: In case you were wondering, there’s no such thing as a First Amendment right to lie on your bar applications. [Big Law Business]
* In case you missed it, lawyers for Adnan Syed, subject of the “Serial” podcast, have applied for certiorari before the Supreme Court, asking that the justices reverse a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling where he was refused a new trial. [CNN]
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Politics
Should The North Carolina Gun Store Billboard Targeting 'The Squad' Be Unconstitutional?
It's not unconstitutional now, but should it be? -
Courts
How Do We Measure The Influence Of Rhetoric On Action?
It is impossible to deny that speech can cause harm, but direct regulation of harmful physical actions is preferable to indirect regulation of harmful conduct by censoring or criminalizing speech. -
Technology
Former Content Moderator Explains How Josh Hawley's Bill Would Grant Government Control Over Online Speech
Surprisingly, knee jerk reactions make for bad policy. -
Courts
Twitter Is Not A Public Forum
A recent federal appeals court decision on the issue is devoid of a lot of common sense. -
Technology
Why Is The Washington Post Publishing Blatantly False Propaganda About Section 230?
This isn't even remotely how Section 230 works.