Marion B. Brechner
First Amendment Project
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.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Clay Calvert Comments on a Possible Attempt to Rollback First Amendment Protections for Media Defendants in Defamation Cases
May 18, 2022


Clay Calvert Comments on Elimination of High School Yearbook Photos Depicting “Don’t Say Gay” Protests
May 10, 2022

Jasmine McNealy Pens Article on the Possible Impacts from Algorithmic Systems
May 10, 2022
𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘. 𝗦𝗘𝗧. 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛. 🌲
Connie Ma advances to the NCAA Singles Championship with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Fiona Crawley!
#GoStanford
Third NCAA title of the year for Stanford.
131 in total.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
#GoStanford
A beautiful morning on my other campus
And relevance for @NetChoice @AGAshleyMoody @KenPaxtonTX #SCOTUS #FirstAmendment . . . https://www.nyulawreview.org/online-features/first-amendment-battles-over-anti-deplatforming-statutes-examining-miami-herald-publishing-co-v-tornillos-relevance-for-todays-online-social-media-platform-cases/ . . .
A few quotes in today's @orlandosentinel story by @SkylerSwisher 1A story on yet another proposed #AFloridaLaw that would rollback #FirstAmendment rights in #Libel law . . . https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-libel-law-draft-bill-20220517-ujyksk3uzzb5rl5y4y6puik3ha-story.html . . . @UFJSchool @UFLaw
The Defamation Trial of Johnny Depp: When thespians testify, who can you believe? via @ABAJournal

The Defamation Trial of Johnny Depp: When thespians testify, who can you believe?
My main office has three large conference rooms. They are outfitted with presentable marble tables and large, comfor...
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You mean, er, the Band-Aid brand adhesive bandage is still coming off . . . #SaveATrademark 🩹🩹🩹🩹
They saw the light!
Seminole County School Board reverses decision to censor ‘don’t say gay’ protest yearbook photos
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Seminole County School Board reverses decision to censor âdon‘t say gay‘ protest yearbook photos
The school board voted 5-0 not to obscure the photos and captions of a walkout protest featured in Lyman High School‘s yearbook.
www.orlandosentinel.com
My thoughts about #FirstAmendment #FreePress issues in @orlandosentinel story here @UFJSchool

Seminole County high school to cover yearbook photos of ‘don’t say gay’ student protests https://trib.al/E2PY30K
Some thoughts about #FirstAmendment student press rights in @orlandosentinel story https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-seminole-yearbook-censorship-20220509-bme2ndwu2fagjh5gk6lim2j7si-story.html
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS clarifies First Amendment debate over content regulation of signs via @ABAJournal

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS clarifies First Amendment debate over content regulation of signs
For decades, a central inquiry in free speech analysis has been whether government regulation is content-based or co...
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#FuckTheDraftOpinion
"At bottom" – a two-word expression lost on a few law journal editors today, but not on @Minch_Minchin. I gave up on trying to explain the hyphenation difference between "a content-based law" and "a law is content based" long ago 🤓🧐 . . . Now I just "accept all" and move on
How is 'amicus' pronounced? Justice Breyer and Judge Jackson disagree with each other and the majority view via @ABAJournal

How is 'amicus' pronounced? Justice Breyer and Judge Jackson disagree with each other and the majority view
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was once a law clerk for the justice she will replace, U.S. Supreme Court Justice St...
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Just another day in #AFloridaLaw (not just A Florida Man) negatively affecting #FirstAmendment free speech rights . . . @NetChoice . . . @FreshTakeFla @UFJSchool https://news.wgcu.org/2022-04-27/amid-twitter-sale-us-appeals-judges-to-hear-arguments-over-a-new-florida-social-media-law
#UFGrad @UFJSchool rehearsal this morning with @DeanHubBrown #LargerThanLife
Free speech scholars – and Elon Musk – urge Supreme Court to review SEC gag orders

Free speech scholars â and Elon Musk â urge Supreme Court to review SEC gag orders
A onetime Xerox Corp CFO who has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to abandon a gag order provision ...
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Prominent 1st Amendment Scholars, Investors and Think Tanks Support NCLA’s SCOTUS Cert Petition via @Yahoo

Prominent 1st Amendment Scholars, Investors and Think Tanks Support NCLA’s SCOTUS Cert Petition
Barry D. Romeril v. Securities and Exchange CommissionWashington, D.C., April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prominent C...
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Talking about a "Standard Consent Agreement" (insert NOT joke here) in lawsuit by #RoyMoore v. @SachaBaronCohen @SHOwhoisAmerica . . . last day of #MediaLaw @UFLaw and wrapping up #Libel . . . So nice to finally have a consent-to-defamation example!
#UFLaw Professor Michael Allan Wolf and @ProfClayCalvert quoted in @Mediaite https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/conservative-media-cheering-desantis-crackdown-on-disney-are-ignoring-what-a-catastrophe-it-would-be-for-florida/