First Amendment Law Prof Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1431985 2012-01-26T11:09:19-05:00 A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network TypePad FirstAmendmentLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes NH Law Authorizes Parental Override of “Objectionable” Curriculum Material tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167611e3faa970b 2012-01-26T11:09:19-05:00 2012-01-26T11:09:19-05:00 HB 542, enacted after an override of the governor’s veto, states: Require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent’s or legal guardian’s determination that the material is objectionable. Such policy... firstamendmentblogger U.S. Falls in Press Freedom Rankings tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01630028c3bb970d 2012-01-26T10:27:12-05:00 2012-01-26T10:27:12-05:00 As noted by Slate, Reporters Without Borders annual Press Freedom Index shows the US slipping to 47th in the world, a ranking below Lithuania, El Salvador, Botswana, and Taiwan. Police treatment of the press as they tried to cover the... firstamendmentblogger New Documents Confirm NYPD Use of Inflammatory and Inaccurate Video on Islam in the U.S. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e6042413970c 2012-01-24T15:11:42-05:00 2012-01-24T15:11:42-05:00 Today’s New York Times reports on recent NYPD documents obtained by NYU Brennan Center after an extend legal battle. The documents confirm that, as part of Department anti-terrorism training, 68 lieutenants, 159 sergeants, 31 detectives and 1,231 patrol officers had... firstamendmentblogger Evaluating Impact of Statutory Location Limits, NJ Supreme Court Rules Existence of Strip Clubs in Adjoining States Can Be Considered in Assessing Availability of Adequate Alternative Avenues of Communication tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01630000d53c970d 2012-01-23T13:48:01-05:00 2012-01-23T13:48:01-05:00 In Borough of Sayreville v. 35 Club, L.L.C., the owners of the “XXXV Gentlemen’s Club, an “all-nude gentlemen’s cabaret” presented an as-applied challenge to N.J.S.A. 2C:34-7(a), which prohibits the operation of a sexually-oriented business within 1,000 feet of a public... firstamendmentblogger Bills Aimed at Undermining Teaching of Evolution Filed in Four States tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760f55305970b 2012-01-23T13:17:43-05:00 2012-01-23T13:17:43-05:00 Religion Clause Blog notes the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is following recently introduced bills in Oklahoma, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Indiana. The Indiana bill would authorize school systems to “require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5e6113e970c 2012-01-22T01:15:00-05:00 2012-01-21T13:19:24-05:00 Here is this week’s collection of newly available scholarship on speech and religion topics: 1. Michael Kent Curtis (Wake Forest University School of Law), The Fraying Fabric of Freedom: Crisis and Criminal Law in Struggles for Democracy and Freedom of... firstamendmentblogger In 6-2 Opinion in Golan, Supreme Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to URAA Copyright Restoration tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffce016b970d 2012-01-18T17:31:59-05:00 2012-01-18T17:31:59-05:00 Today the Supreme Court announced its decision in Golan v. Holder. Justice Ginsburg wrote for the majority, summarizing the petitioners’ claims and the essence of the majority’s ruling as follows: Petitioners include orchestra conductors, musicians, pub¬lishers, and others who formerly... firstamendmentblogger Protests Spur Congressional Retreat from Support of Anti-Piracy Bills tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffcc76e8970d 2012-01-18T14:35:05-05:00 2012-01-18T14:35:05-05:00 As websites such as Wired and Wikipedia went dark today to express their opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act, at least two Senators announced they would no longer support the legislation as introduced and... firstamendmentblogger Cert. Denied on Cases Seeking Review of Schools’ Authority to Discipline Students for On-line Speech tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760af6ee7970b 2012-01-17T10:31:30-05:00 2012-01-17T10:31:30-05:00 In its Order List issued today, the Supreme Court denied petitions for certiorari seeking review of the Fourth Circuit’s upholding such authority in Kowalski v. Berkeley County Schools and the Third Circuit's rulings in Blue Mountain School District v. Snyder... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e57b5cc8970c 2012-01-15T03:54:00-05:00 2012-01-15T03:54:00-05:00 Here is this week’s collection of newly available scholarship on speech and religion topics: 1. Randall P. Bezanson (University of Iowa College of Law), Whither Freedom of the Press?, forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review. The abstract states: The essay... firstamendmentblogger Summary Affirmance in Bluman v. FEC Lets Stand Ban on Campaign Contributions by Foreign Nationals tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167604e713b970b 2012-01-10T14:34:56-05:00 2012-01-10T14:34:56-05:00 On SCOTUSblog, Lyle Denniston comments on the Court’s rejection of the opportunity to extend Citizens United. Last week the NY Times Room for Debate feature presented varying assessments of the merits of the Bluman's challenge. Participants included from UC Irvine... firstamendmentblogger Considering the Claim that President Obama Has Waged "War on Religion” tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff48d8de970d 2012-01-09T10:28:27-05:00 2012-01-09T10:28:27-05:00 On NPR, Barbara Bradley Hagerty examines why many Republican presidential candidates as well a number of Catholic bishops and conservative advocacy groups are advancing the claim that the Obama administration has waged a “war on religion.” This hyperbolic rhetorical tone... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff347a07970d 2012-01-08T23:23:00-05:00 2012-01-08T23:23:00-05:00 Here is this week’s collection of newly available scholarship on speech and religion topics: 1. John D. Inazu (Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law), Justice Ginsburg and Religious Liberty, forthcoming in Hastings Law Journal. The abstract states:... firstamendmentblogger The Roberts Court's Selective Protection of Speech tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676028f9a0970b 2012-01-07T23:04:15-05:00 2012-01-07T23:04:15-05:00 Today’s New York Times spotlights a recent analysis of the Roberts Court’s record in free speech cases. In The Roberts Court’s Free Speech Double Standard, Monica Youn, Brennan Center Constitutional Fellow at NYU School of Law, presents the following assessment:... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Cases on Today’s Supreme Court Conference Docket tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5152337970c 2012-01-06T11:56:04-05:00 2012-01-06T11:56:04-05:00 As flagged by Scotusblog, the cert petitions in the following cases present First Amendment issues: *Kansas City Premier Apartments v. Missouri Real Estate Commission (Docket No. 11-552). The question presented in the petition asks “[w]hether a court considering a First... firstamendmentblogger Remembering Judge Robert Carter’s First Amendment Legacy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff1097c8970d 2012-01-05T11:51:27-05:00 2012-01-05T11:51:27-05:00 This week Judge Robert Carter, part of the legendary team of NAACP lawyers who won Brown v. Board of Education, died at the age of 94. First Amendment Center scholar David Hudson pays tribute to Judge Carter’s work on behalf... firstamendmentblogger Crosses at Camp Pendleton Raise Constitutional Questions tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167600552b4970b 2012-01-05T11:32:19-05:00 2012-01-05T11:32:19-05:00 A thirteen foot cross was erected on Veterans Day on a hill in Camp Pendleton as a memorial to Lance Cpls. Robert Zurheide and Aaron Austin and Majs. Douglas Zembiec and Ray Mendoza, four Second Battalion Marines killed in Iraq.... firstamendmentblogger More Campaign Finance Cases May Be on Supreme Court Horizon tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675ff61e65970b 2012-01-04T10:03:51-05:00 2012-01-04T10:03:51-05:00 Via law.com, the National Law Journal spotlights campaign finance cases percolating up from the lower federal courts post-Citizens United: 1. Bluman v. FEC, in which a petition for cert awaits Supreme Court review, examines whether foreign nationals can be barred... firstamendmentblogger Flag Burning at Occupy Charlotte Encampment Draws Criticism from Other Protesters tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675fdcc4ca970b 2012-01-02T16:00:09-05:00 2012-01-02T16:00:09-05:00 According to the LA Times, four men who burned two American flags at an Occupy Charlotte encampment faced misdemeanor charges as well as harsh criticism from inside the local Occupy movement. The men were charged with “careless use of fire”... firstamendmentblogger New Biography of Roger Williams Reviewed tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162fee67041970d 2012-01-02T12:48:06-05:00 2012-01-02T12:48:06-05:00 In the NY Times Sunday Book Review section Joyce E. Chaplin, James Duncan Phillips professor of history at Harvard, reviews Roger Williams and the Creation of the Amercian Soul - Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M.... firstamendmentblogger