Presidential Power vs. The First Amendment, Big Law, Law School Deans, and Bar Associations
President Trump has wielded his executive authority in a pointed and punitive manner against Big Law firms that have represented […]
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NRA Corruption Allegations and Gun Policy
With an annual spending budget of roughly $250 million, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is a highly influential force in
Mugshots & the Degradation of the Presumption of Innocence
What do Johnny Cash, Bill Gates, Al Capone, and Martin Luther King Jr. all have in common? Mugshots. All of
Decidedly undecided: the Supreme Court’s silence in the shadows of Obergefell
In the confusing wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial Obergefell decision, the Court refused to hear a challenge to a Mississippi act enabling certain persons and businesses to refuse to provide services to LGBTQ people based on religious beliefs.
The Second Circuit rerolls the “Stone”
An appellate court has re–opened a defamation case against Rolling Stone concerning a 2014 article about campus rape, which may present some difficulties for the magazine owners’ ability to sell.
Equal rights to wedding cake?
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine whether the First Amendment protects a baker’s decision to refuse to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Trademarking in the Offensive?
A recent landmark United States Supreme Court decision involving trademark law has brought a stream of curious applications, raising national concerns.
KKK members travel to Virginia to put First Amendment to the test
The First Amendment’s right to free speech is under scrutiny yet again as political views clash in Charlottesville, Virginia.
First amendment right to facebook?—SCOTUS says yes
The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled unconstitutional an NC law that made it a felony for registered sex offenders to access social networks websites.
Docs versus Glocks: the decision
Doctors in Florida have breathed a sigh of relief in the wake of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision striking down portions of the Florida’s Firearms Owners’ Privacy Act.
Black facing matters?
A report commissioned by the University of Oregon surrounding a professor’s Halloween costume at a party, has raised concerns for advocates of the First Amendment.
Exercising your first amendment rights could get you fired, or worse…
A Fayetteville teacher is on paid leave and has received death threats after stomping on the American flag during a civics lesson.
Are college campuses restricting free speech?
Potential NC legislation could target so-called “hecklers” on college campuses.
Are North Carolina’s homeschooling laws really helping students?
The lack of homeschool regulation in North Carolina may mean that the State has inadequate information and data on homeschooled student success.
Apex woman is the first charged under North Carolina’s new “revenge porn” law
With an Apex woman being the first to be charged under North Carolina’s new revenge porn law, what are the implications for future prosecutions under the law?