First Amendment Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14319852009-07-12T15:43:53-04:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadFirstAmendmentLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesFirst Amendment Scholarship Updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157104a473970c2009-07-12T15:43:53-04:002009-07-12T15:43:53-04:00Here is this week’s collection of First Amendment scholarship: Jamin Ben Raskin (Washington College of Law), No Enclaves of Totalitarianism: The Triumph and Unrealized Promise of the Tinker Decision, 58 American U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009). The abstract states: The...firstamendmentbloggerCall for Papers on "The First Amendment Meets Cyber-Stalking Meets Character and Fitness" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570f9d22d970c2009-07-10T12:06:46-04:002009-07-10T12:06:46-04:00The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education has posted a call for papers on "The First Amendment Meets Cyber-Stalking Meets Character and Fitness". The papers selected would be presented as part of a panel discussion at the AALS Annual...firstamendmentblogger"Holy Hullabaloos" Provides Law Professor's Guided Tour of the Sites of Major Religion Clause Controversies tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570dfe554970c2009-07-09T17:14:49-04:002009-07-09T17:14:23-04:00Boston University law professor Jay Wexler has recently published "Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church-State Wars." The book has received appreciative reviews, many of which praise the sense of humor Wexler displays as he chronicles...firstamendmentbloggerFirst Circuit Rejects Challenge to Massachusetts Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Statute tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570f1a092970c2009-07-09T12:41:01-04:002009-07-09T12:41:01-04:00In a unanimous opinion in McCullen v. Coakley, the First Circuit has rejected a facial challenge to a Massachusetts statute that creates a 35-foot fixed buffer zone around reproductive health care facilities. The court found the law to be content...firstamendmentbloggerNinth Circuit Finds First Amendment Does Not Bar Enforcement of Washington Rules Requiring Pharmacists to Dispense Plan B Pills tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570f192f9970c2009-07-09T12:24:58-04:002009-07-09T12:24:58-04:00In a ruling issued yesterday in Stroman's v. Selecky, the Ninth Circuit has found that the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause does not require that pharmacists with a religious objection to the Plan B contraceptive be exempted from the state...firstamendmentbloggerFifth Circuit Hears Argument in Case of Student Punished for Wearing Campaign T-shirt tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571e633a5970b2009-07-09T12:10:37-04:002009-07-09T12:10:37-04:00The Houston Chronicle reports that the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument yesterday in a Texas student's challenge to his school's application of its dress code so as to bar him from wearing a "John Edwards 08" t-shirt at school. The...firstamendmentbloggerBrookings Institution Offers Report on Sotomayor Rulings in Religion Casestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571da2735970b2009-07-08T11:11:06-04:002009-07-08T11:11:06-04:00As the Sotomayor confirmation hearings approach, Melissa Rogers, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution has published a brief examination of Judge Sotomayor’s rulings in church-state cases. The report summarizes its findings as follows: Judge Sotomayor’s style is methodical and...firstamendmentbloggerBaptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Finds Sotomayor Church-State Record "Commendable" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571d4a009970b2009-07-07T17:18:34-04:002009-07-07T17:18:34-04:00The Baptist Joint Committee has issued an assessment of Judge Sotomayor's opinions addressing free exercise and Establishment Clause issues. The report summarizes the BJC's conclusions as follows: [Judge Sotomayor] has written opinions suggesting a strong willingness to protect free exercise...firstamendmentbloggerFirst Amendment Scholarship Updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571c20998970b2009-07-05T15:47:57-04:002009-07-05T15:47:57-04:00Here is this week’s collection of First Amendment scholarship: Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto), Political Liberalism, Islamic Family Law and Family Law Pluralism: Lessons from New York on Family Law Arbitration, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT: RECONSIDERING THE...firstamendmentbloggertag:typepad.com,2003:post-684723752009-07-05T13:05:55-04:002009-07-05T13:05:38-04:00Global Free Speech Update Ethiopia: Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew expressed concern to Prime Minister Meles during a trip to Ethiopia about a proposed anti-terrorism law that reportedly would define criticism of the government as a "terrorist act." Good...firstamendmentbloggerWestboro Baptist Case Denied SCT Reviewtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570a44ec1970c2009-07-01T11:40:20-04:002009-07-01T11:40:20-04:00The Supreme Court denied cert in Nixon v. Phelps-Roper, leaving in place a Eight Circuit decision that enjoined Missouri's ban on funeral picketing. The suit was brought by Shirley Phelps-Roper, grand-daughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps. The group...firstamendmentbloggerSupreme Court Delays Critical Campaign Finance Decisiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115719426f0970b2009-06-30T18:38:43-04:002009-06-30T18:39:47-04:00What to make of the delay in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission? Proponents of campaign finance reform aren't optimistic that the Court's decision to schedule additional arguments for September will work to their favor. The outcome in Citizens United...firstamendmentbloggerPractice Skills in Doctrinal Classroomstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570944184970c2009-06-29T17:52:08-04:002009-06-29T17:52:08-04:00They're talking about the value of practice skills to the law school curriculum over at the Conglomerate. Here's my take on it: Though I'm a First Amendment doctrinal prof fond of critical theory, I side with those who think that...firstamendmentbloggerMother May Seek Cert in Case Challenging School's Refusal to Allow Reading from the Bible As Part of "All About Me" Presentation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157091f612970c2009-06-29T10:50:48-04:002009-06-29T10:50:48-04:00In June, the Third Circuit decided Busch v. Marple Newtown School Dist., 567 F.3d 89 (3d. Cir. 2009), ruling that school officials had not acted unconstitutionally when they refused to allow a kindergartener’s mother to read a selection from the...firstamendmentbloggerFirst Amendment Scholarship Updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115708a8d0c970c2009-06-28T16:30:19-04:002009-06-28T16:30:03-04:00Here is this week’s collection of First Amendment scholarship: 1) Zachary R. Calo (Valparaiso University School of Law), Law, Language and Love: James Boyd White’s Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force, J.L. Phil. & Culture (forthcoming 2009). The abstract...firstamendmentbloggerSeventh Circuit Upholds Interview Limits for Federal Death Row Inmates tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115717b2cfc970b2009-06-28T10:31:57-04:002009-06-28T10:31:57-04:00Via How Appealing: This week the Seventh Circuit issued an en banc opinion upholding the federal policy prohibiting federal death row inmates from giving face-to-face interviews with the media and from talking with the media about other inmates. JFBfirstamendmentbloggerNew Biography of I.F. Stonetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157085b2c7970c2009-06-28T10:01:00-04:002009-06-28T10:01:00-04:00The Washington Post and Christian Science Monitor feature reviews of D.D. Guttenplan's book, "American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone," a biography of the man who paved the way for today's political bloggers. For more information on Stone,...firstamendmentbloggerOnline Symposium Examines Justice Souter's First Amendment Decisions tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571681462970b2009-06-26T16:13:32-04:002009-06-26T16:13:32-04:00Justice Souter's First Amendment legacy is the subject of an online symposium on the First Amendment Center website. JFBfirstamendmentbloggerNew Documentary Explores the Boundaries of Free Speechtag:typepad.com,2003:post-684806752009-06-25T09:07:21-04:002009-06-25T09:07:21-04:00A new documentary, "Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech", examines First Amendment controversies in a post September 11 environment. The film, which will air on HBO on June 29 at 9 p.m., is the work of filmmaker...firstamendmentbloggerBurqa Draws Contrasting Responses from Obama and Sarkozy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684421752009-06-24T09:32:50-04:002009-06-24T09:32:50-04:00Today's Christian Scientist Monitor examines the differing perspectives of Presidents Obama and Sarkozy on the nature of appropriate governmental responses to the wearing of the burqa, a contrast that manifests American constitutional commitments to freedom of religious expression. JFBfirstamendmentblogger