The Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to current and contemporary issues affecting the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, thought, assembly and petition.
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Jasmine McNealy Comments on Elected Officials Blocking Social Media Critics
February 25, 2020
Frank LoMonte and Jasmine McNealy to Speak at UF Technology, Media & Privacy Law Conference
January 30, 2020
Prager University loses First Amendment censorship appeal against Big Tech
Prager University loses First Amendment censorship appeal against Big Tech
A top right-wing, nonprofit organization known for publishing conservative videos on YouTube has lost an appeal against Google, the owner of the video...
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PragerU may produce legal analysis, but its lawyers do not appear to understand the law. via @slate
Court Says You Don‘t Have a First Amendment Right to Make Money Off YouTube
Bad news for fans of PragerU videos like ”The World‘s Most Persecuted Minority: Christians.”
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Jasmine McNealy Comments on Elected Officials Blocking Social Media Critics
Jasmine McNealy Comments on Elected Officials Blocking Social Media Critics
Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project associate director and Tele...
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Press Has First Amendment Right to See New Court Complaints on Day of Filing
Press Has First Amendment Right to See New Court Complaints on Day of Filing
Over four days of trial earlier this month, Virginia court clerks used public funds and private attorneys to fight tooth and nail against public acces...
www.courthousenews.com
Her future is so bright, she's gotta wear shades @JasmineMcNealy @UFJSchool . . . Proud to work with this scholar in the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project https://www.jou.ufl.edu/first-amendment-project/
Gag Order For Weinstein Attys As Jury Begins Deliberations
Gag Order For Weinstein Attys As Jury Begins Deliberations - Law360
A New York judge issued a gag order for defense counsel in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial Tuesday after the producer's lead attorney wrote an opinion p...
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It's the "whatever" part that shows I really do have a filter after all . . . @OUDaily . . . http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-professor-s-use-of-racial-slur-may-not-be/article_7f8f41d4-4f72-11ea-9037-6b21718bf7e5.html @UFJouDept 😇
My quotes in: Expert says prof’s in-class ‘N-word’ comparison may not be protected speech via @collegefix
Expert says prof’s in-class ‘N-word’ comparison may not be protected speech | The College Fix
Must be ‘germane to the subject matter.
www.thecollegefix.com
My quotes in: OU professor's use of racial slur may not be protected, First Amendment expert says via @OUDaily
OU professor's use of racial slur may not be protected, First Amendment expert says
The First Amendment and academic freedom may not have protected an OU professor when he compared the n-word to the phrase “OK, boomer,” in...
www.oudaily.com
Interesting and Rare Prior Restraint Against Libel: Judge orders congressional candidate to stop making domestic violence claims about opponent
Judge orders congressional candidate to stop making domestic violence claims about opponent
A state district judge Wednesday barred Democratic congressional candidate Nyanza Moore from making domestic violence allegations against opponent Der...
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Reminiscent of the #TentOfConsent event at #PSU about 18 years ago that caused aptly named state rep John Lawless to threaten to withhold state funding
After a video of a woman being paddled at IU Bloomington’s SexFest was posted online, the university cancelled the remainder of the event.
https://www.thefire.org/indiana-university-cuts-short-student-planned-sexfest-after-paddling-controversy/
After spending eight years studying in McClatchy Hall and three in #SacTown, I find this tough . . . enter the hedge fund
Honored to speak this morning @SturmCOL with @profalankchen and @derigansilver about recent and upcoming #SCOTUS #FirstAmendment rulings . . . @UFLaw @UFJSchool . . . and thanks for the snow last night just to let me have that Denver experience
