First Amendment Law Prof Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1431985 2012-09-07T09:03:58-07:00 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 First Amendment Scholarship Update - Speech Topics tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d3be463f5970c 2012-09-07T09:03:58-07:00 2012-09-07T09:03:39-07:00 Here is a new collection of recent scholarship on speech topics: 1. Helen L. Norton (University of Colorado School of Law), Secrets, Lies, and Disclosure, 27 Journal of Law & Politics 641 (2012. The abstract states: This symposium essay suggests... firstamendmentblogger Egyptian State TV Anchor Wears Hijab for First Time in Post-Mubarak Era tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01774488b6a4970d 2012-09-06T11:16:00-07:00 2012-09-06T11:16:00-07:00 Tuesday was World Hijab Day, and the Christian Science Monitor reports on the ongoing debate among Muslims about when the headscarf should or must be worn. For the first time last week, an announcer on Egyptian state television wore a... firstamendmentblogger Photojournalists Urge NYPD to Improve Guidance to Officers on First Amendment Obligations tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0176176a1dcb970c 2012-08-24T07:17:52-07:00 2012-08-24T07:17:52-07:00 Responding to the recent arrest of photographer Robert Stolarik while he worked on an assignment from the New York Times as well as other incidents, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has asked the NYPD to provide clearer direction... firstamendmentblogger Faith and Philanthropy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c316c0b90970b 2012-08-22T17:30:31-07:00 2012-08-22T17:30:31-07:00 The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently released a report on charitable giving, which contains a number of interesting findings. For example, less affluent Americans offer more of their discretionary income to charity than the rich do: The rich aren’t the most... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0177444328a7970d 2012-08-20T12:50:00-07:00 2012-08-22T17:34:04-07:00 Here is this week’s collection of newly available scholarship on speech and religion topics: 1. Steven G. Calabresi (Northwestern University - School of Law) and Abe Salander, Religion and the Equal Protection Clause. The abstract states: This article argues that... firstamendmentblogger Illinois Governor Signs Bill Re: Accommodating Higher Ed. Student Absences for Religious Observance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0177443db4b0970d 2012-08-20T09:57:17-07:00 2012-08-20T09:57:17-07:00 As noted on the Religion Clause Blog, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed SB 2949 into law. The legislation, which amends the University Religious Observances Act to address student absences due to religious observance, states: Sec. 1.5. Absence of student... firstamendmentblogger State of the First Amendment 2012 Report tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0176172a322b970c 2012-08-11T08:15:30-07:00 2012-08-11T08:15:30-07:00 The First Amendment Center has released its 2012 State of the First Amendment report. Here are what the report identifies as its key findings: • When asked to name the five specific freedoms in the First Amendment, 65% of respondents... firstamendmentblogger Report Criticizes NYPD Handling of Occupy Protests tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167692fb3c5970b 2012-08-10T07:53:02-07:00 2012-08-10T07:53:02-07:00 NYU Law’s Global Justice Clinic and Fordham Law’ s Leitner International Human Rights Clinic have released a report on the NYPD response to the Occupy Wall Street protests. The product of an eight month study, the report, Suppressing Protest: Human... firstamendmentblogger UMKC Symposium To Offer First Person Perspectives on Landmark Student Speech Cases tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0176171ead1b970c 2012-08-09T06:38:46-07:00 2012-08-09T06:38:46-07:00 The program for the event is available here. firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167691df77d970b 2012-08-07T06:29:38-07:00 2012-08-07T06:29:38-07:00 Here is this week’s collection of newly available scholarship on speech and religion topics: 1. Bruce Ledewitz (Duquensne University School of Law), Toward a Meaning-Full Establishment Clause Neutrality, published in Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 3( 2012). The abstract... firstamendmentblogger In Tenn. Republican Congressional Primary, Candidates Seem to Try to Outdo Each Other in Expressing Anxieties About Islam tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017616f5622f970c 2012-08-02T08:00:22-07:00 2012-08-02T08:00:22-07:00 Freshman Republican Representative Diane Black faces a primary challenge from Lou Ann Zelenik, and, as recounted in a Reuters report in yesterday’s NYTimes, both candidates’ campaign rhetoric repeatedly emphasizes their fear of Islam and their opposition to the construction of... firstamendmentblogger St. Dept. Issues Religious Freedom Report tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016768f9a861970b 2012-08-01T05:26:16-07:00 2012-08-01T05:26:16-07:00 This week the U.S. State Department announces the release of its annual report on the state of religious freedom around the globe. Identifying conditions and practices endangering religious freedom abroad, the report describes how religious minorities have faced new threats... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017743ce4fc7970d 2012-07-31T04:56:12-07:00 2012-07-31T04:55:49-07:00 Here is this week’s collection of newly available scholarship on speech and religion topics: 1. Caroline Mala Corbin(University of Miami School of Law), The Irony of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, published in NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW,... firstamendmentblogger Report Finds Flawed Open Records Laws Impede Efforts to Tackle Government Corruption tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017616c6baff970c 2012-07-27T05:01:09-07:00 2012-07-27T05:01:09-07:00 New findings from the State Integrity Investigation (SII) reveal how lack of public access to governmental records and proceedings impedes the enforcement of official accountability and the elimination of governmental corruption. The SII project used its survey of state laws... firstamendmentblogger Online Chats Via Skype Now More Accessible to Government Surveillance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016768c7e91a970b 2012-07-26T07:14:49-07:00 2012-07-26T07:14:49-07:00 Today’s Washington Post reports that technological changes recently made to Skype, the online phone service with over 600 million users worldwide, make it easier for government officials to monitor online chats. Due in part to its reputation for security, Skype... firstamendmentblogger Upcoming UMKC Symposium on Student Speech Rights in Public Schools tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016768c7b498970b 2012-07-26T06:54:29-07:00 2012-07-26T06:54:29-07:00 On September 20 and 21, the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law will bring together the litigants and attorneys from five landmark Supreme Court cases involving student speech rights in public schools: Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. Comm. Sch.... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017743924c07970d 2012-07-24T08:33:02-07:00 2012-07-24T08:33:02-07:00 Here is this week's collection of newly available schoalrship on speech and religion topics: 1. Ashley Messenger, The Problem with New York Times, Inc. v. Sullivan, forthcoming in FIRST AMENDMENT LAW REVIEW, (2012). The abstract states: The Court’s decision in... firstamendmentblogger Clarifying the Language of the First Amendment tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676851609e970b 2012-07-09T07:05:09-07:00 2012-07-09T07:05:09-07:00 In its Room for Debate feature, today’s New York Times asks professors of constitutional law and history to suggest possible revisions to the Constitution if its text could be rewritten today. Eminent MIT historian Pauline Maier, author of "Ratification: The... firstamendmentblogger First Amendment Scholarship Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167684c536f970b 2012-07-08T14:53:00-07:00 2012-07-09T07:18:31-07:00 Here is a new collection of recently available scholarship on religion and speech topics: 1. William P. Marshall (UNC Chapel Hill- School of Law) and Gene R. Nichol (UNC Chapel Hill- School of Law), Not a Winn-Win: Misconstruing Standing and... firstamendmentblogger Supreme Court: FCC Failed to Give Broadcasters Fair Notice Re: Application of Indecency Rule to Fleeting Expletives and Momentary Nudity tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01774297aeea970d 2012-06-21T07:48:59-07:00 2012-06-21T07:48:59-07:00 Today the Court issued its opinion in FCC v. Fox. Finding the Commission’s standards vague as to the possible application of the indecency rule to fleeting expletives and brief nudity, the Court ruled for the broadcasters on due process grounds.... firstamendmentblogger