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Dear attorneys general, conspiring against free speech is a crime
In his USA TODAY article, Glenn Reynolds points to some possible consequences of the recent "AGs...
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Implications of the Friedrichs Non-Decision
With the death of Justice Scalia, most Court watchers expected a 4-4 split in Friedrichs...
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Simple Question re: Evenwel v. Abbott
Roger Clegg writes for National Review: By a vote of 8–0 yesterday in Evenwel v....
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Free Speech for All*
The Supreme Court’s anti-climactic order affirming the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Friedrichs v. California Teachers...
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Selective Fear of Foreign Influence: Applying FEC Commissioner Weintraub's Latest Citizens United Proposal to Unions
Steve Klein at Pillar of Law writes: In the New York Times last week, Commissioner Ellen Weintraub...
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Justice Ginsburg Goes Originalist
The Wall Street Journal reports: The Supreme Court took the safe route Monday in declining...
Special Graduation Offer
To All Graduating 3L's: As you are about to finish law school and embark on...
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Cell-Site Simulators and the 4th Amendment
Prof. Orin Kerr wrote about the Maryland Court of Special Appeals’ decision in State v....
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"Docs vs. Glocks" and the Firearm Owners' Privacy Act
In 2011, the Florida legislature passed the Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act (“the Act”) to protect patients...
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"One Person, One Vote"?: Supreme Court Decides Evenwel v. Abbott
In an 8-0 judgement announced on April 4, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court held that...