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Grand Theories & the Path to Censorship: Book Review of “Free Speech Beyond...
I authored a short review of the two books listed below. The review appears in the current issue of the Political Science Quarterly. Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First...
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FAN 194.10 (First Amendment News) Richard Delgado Responds to Michael...
News item: Adam Liptak, How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment, New York Times, June 30, 2018 Forthcoming: On Thursday, July 5th, FAN will post Wendy Kaminer’s latest reply to David Cole re...
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FAN 194.11 (First Amendment News) Alas, Michael Seidman responds to his critics
Professor Louis Michael Seidman Their comments have made me think hard about my position, and – at least for me — thinking takes time. — Michael Seidman The online dialogue reaches its apex with...
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FAN 195 (First Amendment News) ACLU Free Speech Controversy — Kaminer...
The controversy involving the national ACLU and its free speech policies continues. The latest round (there were others, see below) began with a Wall Street Journal op.ed by Wendy Kaminer. Here is...
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FAN 195.1 (First Amendment News) Institute for Free Speech Releases the Free...
The Institute for Free Speech has just released The Free Speech Records of Judges on Trump’s Short List. Here is the introduction to its study: “With Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring, President Trump...
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FAN 196 (First Amendment News) Special Issue: 20 New or Forthcoming Books
_________________________________________________________________________ Marvin Kalb (Sept. 25, 2018) Lukianoff & Haidt (Sept. 4, 2018) Cynthia Chris...
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FAN 196.1 (First Amendment News) Summertime: Free Speech Podcasts to Check Out
It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy (channeling Ella Fitzgerald & Janus Joplin). So, if you’re driving to the beach, or at the beach under an umbrella, or in a hammuck watching the stars, why...
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FAN 197 (First Amendment News) Congressional Committee Holds Hearing on...
[T]he potential chilling effect occasioned by the current state of affairs in the federal courts cannot be overstated. The ongoing drum beat of subpoenas, coupled with the lack of clear guidance...
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FAN 198 (First Amendment News) The new spin on defamation practice
How are you supposed to prove as a defamation plaintiff that the journalist knew what they were writing was false if you don’t have access to the identities of their sources? It’s really problematic. —...
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FAN 199 (First Amendment News) SPECIAL ISSUE: 38 Women Who Argued First...
Olive H. Rabe (credit: Boulder Daily Camera) It was a Friday, April 12, 1929, when Olive Rabe, counsel for the appellant, entered the old Senate chamber with its grayish walls. She walked down the red...
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FAN 199.1 (First Amendment News) Two New Podcasts — Dissent in the Era of the...
Two new podcasts — the subjects which are separated in time but not in concept — address the relationship between the modes of communication and censorship. The first is a Clear & Present Danger...
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FAN 199.2 (First Amendment News) Forthcoming — Special 200th Issue: All-Women...
In September, we will celebrate the 200th posting of the regularly scheduled issue of First Amendment News. The first issue of FAN appeared on February 10, 2014 on the Concurring Opinions website....
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FAN 199.4 (First Amendment News) Volokh on “Super-Secret Prior Restraints”
Over at The Volokh Conspiracy (on Reason.com) blog, Professor Eugene Volokh has some quite thoughtful observations on a most unusual case. The controversy arose in connection with an extortion case...
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FAN 199.6 (First Amendment News) ACLU’s David Cole defends NRA’s political...
Substitute Planned Parenthood or the Communist Party for the NRA, and the point is clear. If [Gov.] Cuomo can [target] the NRA, then conservative governors could have their financial regulators...
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FAN 199.7 (First Amendment News) ACLU Targets Panhandling Laws Across the Nation
The sampling of the stories listed below reveals that the American Civil Liberties Unions and its various chapters are engaged in an all out assault on panhandling laws across the nation. While...
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FAN 199.8 (First Amendment News) Now Out —“The Coddling of the American Mind”...
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt Co-authored by FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff and New York University professor Jonathan Haidt, the book is a timely...
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FAN 199.10 (First Amendment News) Prof. Hasen Weighs in on Fundraising...
Senator Susan Collins (Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Over at Slate, Professor Richard Hasen has just weighed in on the controversy circling around a campaign to raise money to...
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FAN 199.11 (First Amendment News) Supreme Court Rejects Stay in Crossroads...
This from Professor Richard Hasen over at the Election Law Blog: “With no noted dissents, the Supreme Court has turned down Crossroad GPS’s request for emergency relief from an order that will require...
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FAN 199.12 (First Amendment News) Oklahoma L. Rev. Symposium: “Falsehoods,...
The currtent issue of the Oklahoma Law Review has an impressive lineup of contributors commenting on a timely issue. The symposium is titlled “Falsehoods, Fake News, and the First Amendment.” Editor’s...
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FAN 200 (First Amendment News) Sarah C. Haan, “Facebook and the Identity...
Sarah C. Haan is an Associate Professor of Law at Washington and Lee School of Law. Professor Haan writes about corporate political speech and disclosure. Her most recent article is “The Post-Truth...
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