Latest comic: Using the First Amendment to end the First Amendment
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I've been drawing strips for years about attacks on students' right to protest, yet strangely I've never been invited to give a TED Talk, speak at an "ideas festival," or pen a column for the Atlantic.
This is from 2016.
NEW ESSAY!!
The Government Speech Doctrine Ate My Class: First Amendment Capture and Curriculum Bans
The govt speech doctrine makes it almost impossible for teachers to challenge academic gag rules & may preclude student challenges.
It should not.
Please check out this almost finished paper!
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4876740
#Law #LawFedi #lawProf #CriticalRaceTheory #LGBTQ #speech #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Education #GovernmentSpeech
A new #Louisiana law goes into effect Thursday that will make it a misdemeanor for anyone, including #journalists, to be within 25 feet of a #police officer if the officer orders them back.
#News #Crime #CriminalJustice #CivilRights #Protests #Journalism #PressFreedom #Government #FirstAmendment
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-buffer-law
"Several large American #publishers sued #Florida…over a state law that prohibits sexual content in school #libraries. They argue that the law has ignited a wave of book removals in violation of the #FirstAmendment."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/florida-book-ban-lawsuit.html
PS: This is one of the rare occasions when I side with publishers in a lawsuit. (FYI, see the next post in this thread for the last time this happened.) This is a case in which the interests of publishers, authors, and readers align.