Fireworks over the First Amendment
At least I hope so. Here are two briefs I filed on behalf of four fireworks companies in New York that have been put out... Read more
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First Amendment Special
Jim Romenesko reports, to no one’s surprise, that the public thinks there should be a link between freedom of the press and the quality of... Read more
First Amendment claims result in injunction against New York State in Rev. Steven Soos et al v. Cuomo et al
I submitted a proposed amicus curiae brief, working with Agudath Israel of America, a leading advocacy group for orthodox Jews, in this case filed by... Read more
The First Amendment has all kinds of things
Including freedom of religion. I talk about my latest (not my first) adventure with it, in association with the great Harmeet Dhillon and her Center... Read more
First Amendment Lives on Campus (at least a little)
The online New York Law Journal (sub. required) reports on an important free speech case: Vesting a student association with virtually unbridled discretion in doling... Read more
That great, free First Amendment thing (Best of 2017)
First published July 24, 2017. I was recently, and very briefly, the toast of whatever for my efforts in making the world safe for nasty... Read more
Kinsley on The New York Times’ next First Amendment embarrassment
Not a lot of time to blog these days but this Slate piece from Michael Kinsley is a must-read. Excerpt: [T]he Times believes that its... Read more
Other First Amendment business
Spend enough time perusing LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® and you might get the impression that there’s only one freedom protected by the First Amendment. This is error. I... Read more
That great, free First Amendment thing
I was recently, and very briefly, the toast of whatever for my efforts in making the world safe for nasty trademark registrations under the banner... Read more
“Liberals Against the First Amendment”
Marco Randazza again, this time on naked state-backed censorship at the University of Massachusetts: The UMass conservative organization, the Silent Majority, publishes a newspaper called... Read more
Friends of the court, friends of the First Amendment
The approved and publishable amicus briefs in the appeal regarding the trademark registration of THE SLANTS are trickling in. Certainly interesting to see who is... Read more
Second class on the First Amendment
The Administration believes bloggers can’t be trusted with free speech the way everyone else is, it seems. Reports FT.com (hat tip to Marco): Advertisers in... Read more
Making a joke of the First Amendment
Lawyers don’t do the Constitution any favor when every trifle becomes a matter of litigation — perhaps especially in lawsuits against schools over kids’ “free... Read more
What the First Amendment isn’t
Eric E. Johnson published this last fall regarding the pathetic misunderstanding of what free speech does, and doesn’t, mean: Ben Stiller stars in the DreamWorks... Read more