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Clay Calvert Comments on First Amendment Protections for Offensive Language
September 23, 2021
Clay Calvert Comments on First Amendment Protections for Satire and Parody
September 14, 2021
Clay Calvert’s Book “Voyeur Nation” is Quoted in Viral Tik Tok Cheater Video Story
September 9, 2021
From @1stForAll . . . Definitely not good news in here for journalists and the press . . . #FirstAmendment . . . Another good reason for @UFTrust initiative
"At the heart of the First Amendment is the ability to freely criticize both government officials and government policies," @UFJSchool's @ProfClayCalvert told @USATODAY's @SadeghiMckenzie. #UFintheNews
Fact check: Shouting profanity about the president is protected by the First Amendment, legal experts say
Contrary to online claims, legal experts say screaming profanity about the president is legal and protected by the First Amendment.
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Fact check: Shouting profanity about the president is protected by the First Amendment, legal experts say via @usatoday
Fact check: Shouting profanity about the president is protected by the First Amendment, legal experts say
Contrary to online claims, legal experts say screaming profanity about the president is legal and protected by the First Amendment.
www.usatoday.com
Yes, one can swear at #POTUS as @Reuters fact-checking column suggests, as long as it's not part of a true threat . . . https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-biden-cursing-idUSL1N2QN289 . . . @UFJSchool @UFLaw . . Paul Robert Cohen's jacket making a cameo
I always thought standup and academia were alike. Thank you, Norm, for confirming . . .
“The Supreme Court made it clear in Hustler Magazine v. Falwell in 1988 that satire and parody are protected by the First Amendment.” -#UFLaw/@UFJSchool @ProfClayCalvert in @washingtonpost
Perspective | An OnlyFans baseball parody has an Olney team crying foul â and hiring counsel
A satirical website called the Takoma Torch says it has the First Amendment on its side.
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Somewhere (either up there or down there) I think @ImLarryFlynt is likely laughing at this satirical riff off of #OnlyFans by @TakomaTorch . . . Story now in @washingtonpost column by @JohnKelly . . . @UFJSchool and @UFLaw . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/onlyfans-olneyfans-baseball/2021/09/13/3e981d22-14ba-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html . . .
A vision becomes reality — the University of Florida takes its place among the nation’s top public universities as a top-five institution in the @usnews 2022 #BestColleges rankings. 🤩5️⃣ #UFRising
Supreme Court will resume in-person oral arguments, but the public can't attend via @ABAJournal
Supreme Court will resume in-person oral arguments, but the public can't attend
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will resume in-person oral arguments when its term begins Oct. ...
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Celebrate #ConstitutionDay with #UFLaw Professors @ProfClayCalvert, @merrittm, @JohnStinneford and Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol on Friday, September 17, beginning at noon ET via Zoom. Learn more: https://www.law.ufl.edu/law/wp-content/uploads/Constitution-Day-2021.png
Thoughts on mediated voyeurism in @Refinery29 story today by @bethmayashley on busting cheaters on #TikTok . . . https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2021/09/10663675/viral-tiktok-cheating-boyfriend . . . @UFJSchool
Check out the foundational @USSupremeCourt student #freespeech case as read by Mary Beth Tinker herself! #SCOTUS https://twitter.com/TheFIREorg/status/1434599247010222089
"In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism."
Tinker read by Tinker!
Listen to Supreme Court First Amendment opinions read aloud via Free Speech Out Loud!
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https://www.thefire.org/first-amendment-library/decision/tinker-et-al-v-des-moines-independent-community-school-district-et-al/
With a probable beatdown approaching, this is the week I loathe typing in Bluebook style abbreviation for United States Code . . . 🤓🤬⚖️
Nirvana Suit Is Baseless, Frivolous, And An Insult To Victims Of Heinous Crimes via @forbes
Nirvana Suit Is Baseless, Frivolous, And An Insult To Victims Of Heinous Crimes
30 years later, the baby featured on one of the most recognizable album covers of all time is suing over allegations of child pornography.
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Some thought by #Chemerinsky @BerkeleyLaw and me re: #Trump lawsuits against @YouTube @Facebook @Twitter and #FirstAmendment and #StateAction in @CourthouseNews story by @KaylaGoggin_CNS . . . @UFLaw @UFJSchool . . . https://www.courthousenews.com/experts-say-trump-lawsuits-against-big-tech-are-dead-on-arrival/
Meanwhile, in the Pac-12, battles for endorsements with Cakebread and Caymus play out . . . 🍷🍷🍷
Our first issue is now online, at http://JournalOfFreeSpeechLaw.org -- 15 articles, 500+ pages, with top scholars such as Jack Balkin (Yale) and Mark Lemley (Stanford), and former ACLU President Nadine Strossen.
Differences in framing death and the dead . . .
Not even close to it under 18 U.S.C. 2256 and Dost factors . . . . oh well, whatever . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/25/naked-baby-suing-nirvana-child-pornography/
