Rethinking Myth of the Modern First Amendment, Laura Weinrib's chapter describes how progressives distrusted the courts to protect dissenters in the early 1900s. ... The International Implications of First Amendment, with chapters written by Albie Sachs, Tom Ginsburg,..…
A demand letter that merely threatens a lawsuit generally enjoys First Amendment protection and will not support an extortion claim.” . ... As alleged, the acts underlying this scheme are not protected by the First Amendment or the anti-SLAPP statute.” . ..…
Democratic candidates Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, and Pete Buttigieg have also expressed interest. A new Democratic group, Pack Courts, has become brain trust for the idea. . ..…
I fear the growing anti-protest sentiment coupled with deeply entrenched racism will not only invalidate citizens’ First Amendment rights but will also criminalize people who choose to take a stand against injustice. ... If riots are the cry of those ignored, should the courts really be..…
So little more than a decade later, the First Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment put that Dred Scott to rest when it affirmed “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they..…
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