The Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, part of the Brechner Center for the Advancement of the First Amendment, 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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Jane Bambauer Comments on Disney’s Countersuit Against Alleged Breach of Contract by the State of Florida
September 6, 2023
Clay Calvert Comments on Jacksonville Mayor’s Possible First Amendment Violation for Blocking People from Replying on His Twitter Account
December 15, 2022
Clay Calvert Comments on First Amendment Challenges to Proposed Restrictions on Social Media Platforms
December 2, 2022
Clay Calvert Comments on Ruling to Strike Down Florida’s “Anti-Woke” Law
November 28, 2022
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In its latest decision on free speech, a federal appellate court ruled that members of the Biden administration violated social media users' 1st Amendment rights. @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert explains more in @AEIdeas
My thoughts in @thehill today on multiple #SocialMedia #FirstAmendment cases: #MissouriVsBiden, the @NetChoice cases, and the #SCOTUS Lindke v. Freed & O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garner blocking cases . . . @AEItech https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4198285-missouri-v-biden-and-the-crossroads-of-politics-censorship-and-free-speech/
. @ProfClayCalvert, UFCJC professor emeritus and current senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is quoted in “The Obnoxious Absurdity of Elon’s Threat to Sue the Anti-Defamation League for Defamation."
A federal appeals court ruled the Biden administration’s policing of social-media content during the pandemic likely violated the First Amendment, a decision that bars officials from pressuring online platforms to suppress protected speech via @WSJ
Biden Administration’s Policing of Online Content Likely Violated Free-Speech Rights, Court Rules
An appeals panel barred White House aides and other officials from coercing online platforms to suppress protected speech.
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Do politicians violate the First Amendment when they block critics on their private social media accounts? As @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert explains in @AEIdeas, the courts' decisions are more complicated than you might expect.
My thoughts today in @AEItech @AEI on #SCOTUS hearing #FirstAmendment cases about social-media blocking cases . . . https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/public-or-private-account-navigating-first-amendment-rights-when-youre-blocked-on-social-media/
.@WSJ names UF the #1 public university in the country — best in preparing students for post-grad success. 🙌
Major Upside: Finally I don’t need to fly across the country to see games. A lot of flights to RDU and CHO in my future 👍🏻
Chemerinsky: These recent Supreme Court decisions have sparked a wave of litigation via @ABAJournal
Chemerinsky: These recent Supreme Court decisions have sparked a wave of litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court’s October 2022 term ended just a couple of months ago, but it’s already apparent that ...
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My thoughts in @YahooNews article by @jonward11 on @NetChoice #SCOTUS cases and #FirstAmendment . . . @AEItech @AEI
Censorship or free speech? Supreme Court likely to decide on 'momentous' question
The Supreme Court may find that when social media platforms restrict, fact-check, take down or leave up content, t...
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Big Head Clay and the Monsters #Bittersweet
Honored to talk Tuesday @UABNews @UABODEI re: #FirstAmendment on public university campuses . . .
. . . Hill Student Center Alumni Theater
The First Amendment: College Campuses & Free Speech - Faculty & Staff
As colleges and universities have returned for a new school year, the re-emergence of controversial speakers and dem...
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Newspapers have First Amendment rights against government censorship, so should social media platforms? @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert discusses the two cases that might decide if freedom of speech applies to social media in @AEIdeas
My thoughts today in @AEItech @AEIdeas re: @NetChoice cases, #FirstAmendment and possibly likely #SCOTUS review . . . https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/inching-closer-to-editorial-freedom-the-government-weighs-in-on-the-first-amendment-rights-of-social-media-platforms/
10 years ago this month! @justin_hayes11 @shullgate
Can AI platforms be sued for defamation? Or are users held accountable for publishing the information, even though AI created it? @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert explains the latest lawsuit that could determine these critical questions @AEIdeas
Professors, administrators and counsel applaud proposed ABA standard on academic freedom via @ABAJournal
Professors, administrators and counsel applaud proposed ABA standard on academic freedom
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Some more thoughts on #MarionCountyRecord police raid in @washingtonpost @AP story . . . @AEItech . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/14/kansas-newspaper-raid-explainer/403a14e2-3ae6-11ee-aefd-40c039a855ba_story.html
My thoughts today in @WSJ story by @ShannonNajma re: raid of #MarionCountyRecord https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-raid-small-kansas-paper-seizing-phones-computers-3f7d5891 . . . @UFLaw @UFJSchool @UFJouDept @AEItech
Author finds AI books falsely written under her name for sale on Amazon
Author finds AI books falsely written under her name for sale on Amazon
Amazon asked the author if her name was trademarked.
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