So Much For Free Speech: Harvard Law Students Punished For Reading Together At Campus Library
Even study groups are complex now.
Litigant Successfully Wins Right To Not Be Associated With True Statements About Donald Trump
Disagreeing with facts gives you a 1st Amendment claim!
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For The Love Of God, Let’s Not Normalize Calling The Cops On Peaceful Protestors
Even when a famous person tells you to.
Public School Coach Forgot How The First Amendment Works. 6th Circuit Is Happy To Remind Him
Understandable mistake after Bremerton.
Few Things Say Public Trust Like Preventing Citizens From Knowing How You Police Them, NYPD
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Morning Docket: 09.29.22
* Long Arms: California's laws on protecting abortion info will likely have spillover effects across the us. [Axios] * Indiana judge blocked a law requiring post-abortion cremation and burial of fetal tissue. [Indy Star] * Teacher's virulently racist comments that could make Amy Wax blush faces consequences. I wonder how long it'll be until she's on the Tucker Carlson show? [Imgur] * Need damages for your damaged Cannondale? Here's a primer. [Forbes]
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The New Ground For A Censorship-Prone America: Abortion
Given our response to COVID, are we really surprised that caring about someone else’s health is being criminalized?
Yuge Fan Of Adultery And Greed Praises Christian Nationalism
Establishment Clause? I Hardly Knew Her!
Morning Docket: 07.25.22
* Bleak views out the Overton window: Politicians are about 2 steps from being openly hostile toward non-Christians. [Business Insider] * 1st Amendment; mum's the word: more Nazis waving SS flags in support of Republicans as candidates talk about freedom. [Huff Po] * Put your money where your politics are: Here's an updated list of companies addressing abortion access. [NPR] * Shoot, a copycat!: California passes the snitch on pregnant people and get 10k law, but for guns. [NYT] * Remember that time about 200 Republicans voted against sus-ing out white supremacists in police departments? Maybe they were trying to protect Mississippi. [CNN]
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How The First Amendment Will Protect Us From Our Gun Crisis
Our Father, who art in Heaven, please let my baby come home alive.
Morning Docket: 05.19.22
* Hopefully, Texas's "Big Companies Don't Need Freedom Of Speech" law will go to the Supreme Court. [The Hill] * Gov. Murphy wants officers to be licensed to protect. [Bronx News] * The Due Process clause was invoked to suspend a law that would make abortions illegal if an opinion like Dobbs overrules Roe. [MSNBC] * Biden bumps baby bumpers to save sleeping babes. Say that 5 times fast. [NPR] * You're not the only one checking your emails. Hopefully, other states will make it so your job has to tell you when they snoop around. [INC]
Nothing Says ‘Impartial Judge’ Like Clarence Thomas Publicly Making Fun Of The Press
After hearing this audio, Kathryn Rubino immediately wanted to know if this was an enforceable promise.
Morning Docket: 05.17.22
* Gov. DeSantis doesn't want protestors being big meanies outside of people's homes. Remember: You only have the right to protest if it doesn't like...inconvenience anyone. [AP] * In Texas, the right to free speech includes broadcasting murderous rampage. Yup, progress is totally linear. [Invenglobal] * Law firms like to see their employees faces so much, they're threatening to cut salaries for working from home. [Law.com] * Oregon's failure to provide public defenders has landed them in court. [AP] * Have you been considering Cuba? Might be a little easier to visit now. [Miami Herald]
Morning Docket: 05.13.22
* I know that Nietzsche had some thoughts on the utility of truth and lies, but actively fighting history is just silly. [NBC News] * No, Patrick, you cannot puff, puff, drive. [Oregon Live] * Sports betting was legalized in Kansas. Finally, something to do for fun besides eat barbecue. [Kansas Reflector] * Ding Dong Protest: Wonder who was behind the SCOTUS home meet and greets? [USA Today] * The Louisiana bill that tried to classify abortions as homicides didn't make it into law. Woop Woop! [Reuters]