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Showing posts with label First Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Amendment. Show all posts
Thursday, February 16, 2017

From the Austin American-Statesman: Texas conservatives launch next fight on religious liberty

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More evidence of Texas' traditionalistic political culture. This sets up a constitutional conflict: The First Amendment vs the Equal Pro...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

From RT: Shooting the messenger: Citizen journalists jailed for recording police

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This is a little scary. I imagine a Supreme Court case is likely in the near future. - Click here for the article . Police practices are u...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Helpful Hints: 5 Things to Know Before Recording the Police

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Don't say I'm not here to help. A proposal was made - and rescinded - in the legislature to increase punishment for recording the po...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.

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Oral arguments are scheduled Monday in the Supreme Court about whether Texas must create specialty license plates with the confederate flag...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

From the Atlantic: Corporations: Still Not People

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The recent Supreme Court seems to disagree though. Norm Ornstein - a respected political commentator - critically discusses this trend. He d...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

When does a public prayer become an endorsement of a state religion?

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The Supreme Court will try to make that determination in the Town of Greece v. Galloway . It heard oral arguments on the case this week . ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Testing the limits of ther free exercise of religion

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It does protect a couple that denies medical treatment for a child in favor of prayer if the child dies as a result. We discussed similar c...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

From the Atlantic: That Anti-Muhammad Film: It's Totally Protected by the 1st Amendment

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A constitutional scholar argues that the film that seems to have sparked the unrest in the Middle East is constitutinally protected under t...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Can you film the police?

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Interesting topic raised in yesterday's 8am 2302. We were discussing how easy it is now to record things through cell phones and a stude...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Is art covered by the First Amendment?

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As 2301s look at freedom of speech and what it does and does not cover, what is it about art that makes it covered? A law article and a br...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The FDA, tobacco companies and free speech

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NPR reports on a case to be argued in the DC appellate court today about whether Food and Drug Administration's requirement that graphi...

Is the right to petition threatened?

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The author of "Reclaiming the Petition Clause: Seditious Libel, ‘Offensive’ Protest, and the Right to Petition the Government for a Red...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Are Fleeting Expletives Protected under the First Amendment?

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We will soon find out. The Supreme Court heard arguments today in FCC v Fox about whether the FCC can punish broadcasters for fleeting expl...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Are the Occupy Wal Street Protests Covered by the First Amendment?

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From Slate, a contemplation of the conflict between First Amendment rights to assemble and protest and the rights of government to secure he...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Is the "Stolen Valor Act" constitutional?

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Thanks to an intrepid student . The Supreme Court will rule on whether lying about receiving medals for military medals is constitutionall...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Religious Liberty v. Civil Rights

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From the National Law Journal , another looming Supreme Court case, and a great illustration of the conflict between civil liberties and civ...
Friday, September 9, 2011

From The Monkey Cage: What John Galliano Can Teach Americans about Free Speech

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This regards a case in France where a fashion designer was convicted for uttering an anti-Semitic insult. This is not illegal in this count...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

From Floyd Abrams: Flash Mob Violence and the Constitution

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This article is behind a pay wall in the WSJ , but the Atlantic has a summary, which I've copied below. Floyd Abrams is a noted First A...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Texas Tribune: High Court Approves "Pole Tax" on Strip Clubs

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A story that touches on the first amendment, checks and balances, and the judicial system: The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously ruled ...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Judge tosses atheists' lawsuit over Perry rally

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If you read this Chron story , you'll notice that the judge did not rule on the merit of the argument - is it in fact a violation of chu...