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Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Justice Thomas responds to… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Justice Thomas responds to luxury trips story; suit filed over Idaho AG’s abortion referrals opinion By Debra Cassens Weiss April 7, 2023, 2:13 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. Justice Thomas: I was following colleagues’ advice on luxury trips U.S. Supreme Court Justice … Read more
By Stuart N. Brotman I am a lawyer, First Amendment scholar and an endowed journalism and electronic media enterprise and leadership professor at a major research university. Given these multiple professional identities, my thoughts on a recent headline-grabbing incident at Stanford Law School cannot be summarized by a pithy tweet, which is the coin of … Read more
Home Daily News Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist… Law Schools Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist Society wasn’t productive, associate dean says By Stephanie Francis Ward March 24, 2023, 11:32 am CDT Stanford Law School in November 2012. Photo by King of Hearts, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A Stanford Law School administrator … Read more
Home Daily News Ethics lawyer who was fired over tweets about… First Amendment Ethics lawyer who was fired over tweets about Islam can pursue damages, 6th Circuit says By Amanda Robert March 24, 2023, 9:10 am CDT Image from Shutterstock. A federal appeals court has ruled that a Tennessee legal ethics lawyer who was fired … Read more
Home Daily News After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law… Law Schools After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law requires free speech session, notes associate dean’s leave By Debra Cassens Weiss March 23, 2023, 11:09 am CDT Stanford Law School is requiring its students to attend an educational session on free speech following students’ “disruptive heckling” of a conservative … Read more
Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Protesters target law dean;… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Protesters target law dean; Florida’s Stop Woke Act blocked at universities By Debra Cassens Weiss March 17, 2023, 3:00 pm CDT Students of the New College of Florida and their supporters protested the closing in February of the college’s diversity, equity and … Read more
Home Daily News Stanford apologizes after conservative federal… Law Schools Stanford apologizes after conservative federal appeals judge is heckled during Federalist Society talk By Debra Cassens Weiss March 13, 2023, 11:32 am CDT U.S. Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan has received an apology after protesters he described as “juvenile idiots” interrupted his March 9 speech … Read more
Home Daily News Trump doesn’t have absolute immunity from… Federal Government Trump doesn’t have absolute immunity from civil suits stemming from Jan. 6 Capitol riot, DOJ says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 3, 2023, 9:32 am CST Then-President Donald Trump speaks Jan. 6, 2021, during a rally in Washington, D.C., protesting the Electoral college certification … Read more
Home Daily News State law criminalizing derogatory campaign… First Amendment State law criminalizing derogatory campaign speech is likely unconstitutional, 4th Circuit rules By Debra Cassens Weiss February 9, 2023, 1:44 pm CST A federal appeals court has ruled that a law that bans derogatory speech about political candidates is likely unconstitutional, providing a win for … Read more
Home Daily News Passenger had First Amendment right to livestream… First Amendment Passenger had First Amendment right to livestream traffic stop, but officer is protected, 4th Circuit rules By Debra Cassens Weiss February 9, 2023, 10:51 am CST Image from Shutterstock. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a car passenger had a First Amendment … Read more