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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Bad aim, conjugal visits, and a cavalier gun dealer.

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Ohio State Student's Posts Urging "Resistance and Escalation" in Response to Israel's Actions in Gaza Protected by First Amendment

So holds a court, reversing student Guy Christensen's "disenrollment." The student also wrote, responding to the murder of two Israeli embassy employees in D.C. outside the Capital Jewish Museum, "I do not condemn the elimination of those two Zionist officials."

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Constitutional to Expel Law Student for Writing "[W]hatever Harvard Professor Noel Ignatiev Meant by … '[A]bolish the White Race by Any Means Necessary' … Must Be Done with Jews"

An Eleventh Circuit panel concludes (by a 2-1 vote) that this is likely the right result.

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Social Media Speech "Recklessly" Jeopardizing Classmates' Sense of "Safety" by "Condon[ing]" "Forcible Family Separation by Immigration Authorities" May Be Punishable

So argues a concurring opinion in today's Second Circuit decision in Leroy v. Livingston Manor Central School Dist., also speaking about speech that "callously cheer[s] on or condone[s]" "police brutality, ... religiously-motivated attacks on their houses of worship, sexual or gender-based violence, or any other type of targeted state or…

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School's "Interest in Teaching Racial Sensitivity Is Not Sufficient" to Justify Punishing Student's "Free Expression Off-Campus"

So holds the Second Circuit: "Tying a student speaker's constitutional right to free expression solely to the reaction that speech garners from upset or angry listeners cannot be squared with [First Amendment] principles."

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The 6th Circuit Upholds a School's Sweatshirt Censorship Because 'Let's Go Brandon' Is 'Plainly Vulgar'

That understanding of a familiar anti-Biden slogan hinges on the political message it communicates.

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Let's Go Brandon!—to the Principal's Office

From Sixth Circuit Judge John Nalbandian, joined by Judge Karen Nelson Moore, in yesterday's B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools:… The post Let's Go Brandon!—to the Principal's Office appeared first on Reason.com.

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What Alleged Behavior Was Constitutionally Protected Against Harassment Liability in CUNY Hunter College Case

As I noted earlier this morning, Friday's Report and Recommendation in Garrett v. City Univ. of N.Y. (S.D.N.Y.) (written by… The post What Alleged Behavior Was Constitutionally Protected Against Harassment Liability in CUNY Hunter College Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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First Amendment Challenge to Suspension from University of Texas for Pro-Palestinian Protest Can Go Forward

From today's opinion by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.) in Qaddumi v. Hartzell: Qaddumi challenges his suspension from the University… The post First Amendment Challenge to Suspension from University of Texas for Pro-Palestinian Protest Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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Can Schools Ban This 'There Are Only Two Genders' Shirt? Supreme Court Declines To Hear Free Speech Case

A Massachusetts 7th grader was sent home for wearing the shirt, though the school allows students to challenge the idea it conveyed.

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Justices Alito and Thomas Dissent from Court's Declining to Hear "There Are Only Two Genders" School T-Shirt Case

From Justice Alito's dissent from the denial of certiorari in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, joined (with a twist) by… The post Justices Alito and Thomas Dissent from Court's Declining to Hear "There Are Only Two Genders" School T-Shirt Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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Two Free Speech/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation Cert. Petitions that the Court Will Consider Friday

[1.] In L.M. v. Town of Middleborough (briefs at link, if you're interested), the question presented is: L.M. is a student… The post Two Free Speech/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation Cert. Petitions that the Court Will Consider Friday appeared first on Reason.com.

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Part XI: Freedom of Speech

An Introduction To Constitutional Law Video Library: Schenck v. United States (1919), Debs v. United States (1919), Gitlow v. People of the State of New York (1925), Abrams v. United States (1919), Stromberg v. California (1931), United States v. O’Brien (1968), Texas v. Johnson (1989), R.A.V. v. City of St.…

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Sixth Circuit Will Rehear En Banc Case Involving High School's Pronoun Policy

The order granting rehearing was just filed today, so the court will reconsider the case in the coming months. Here's… The post Sixth Circuit Will Rehear En Banc Case Involving High School's Pronoun Policy appeared first on Reason.com.

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Texas Public University Restrictions on Anti-Israel Speech Likely Violate First Amendment

So holds a federal court (correctly, I think), considering restrictions that were prompted by Texas Governor Abbott's General Order GA-44.

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California School Punishes First-Grader for a Drawing, Sparking Federal Lawsuit

The First Amendment case about a first-grader’s free speech rights is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Surprise inspections, dangerous fake weapons, and classroom interference.

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Dota 2 Update 7.36 : Tinker's Not as Strong with Phantom Assassin Getting Scarier

A new update introduces changes to the heroes in Dota 2. Today we take a look at two of them.

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This Student Was Allegedly Suspended for Saying 'Illegal Aliens.' Did That Violate the First Amendment?

Christian McGhee is suing, arguing a North Carolina assistant principal infringed on his free speech rights.

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Minimalist website design: 12 striking examples

These minimalist site designs prove that less can be more.

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"Black Lives Mat[t]er" + "Any Life" Drawing "Not Protected by the First Amendment" in First Grade

Such speech can be found to be "impermissible harassment," the court says, partly because "deference to schoolteachers is especially appropriate today, where, increasingly, what is harmful or innocent speech is in the eye of the beholder."

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Professor's Lawyers Argue: Private University Student Newspapers Are "Not Entitled to First Amendment Protection"

The lawyers also argue that the speech in the newspaper was “not made pursuant to its right of free speech, but to instead to advance the personal agendas of male faculty members at Notre Dame [and others].”

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The awful ‘cultural genocide’ of Scotland’s Gypsy Traveller community

When Shamus McPhee’s mother gave birth to him on the toilet of the curved steel hut they called home in April 1971, his older sisters retched out…

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"The crowd was berserk, and Bruce just beaming. It was like he knew. He'd taken a massive step": Bruce Springsteen and the long road from Sunday matinees to stardom

Like many young teenagers in the 60s, Bruce Springsteen was obsessed with rock'n'roll. A decade and a lot of hard graft later, he was being hailed as its future

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FIRE on the School Restricting "Dont Tread on Me" and Firearms Policy Coalition Patches

From FIRE's letter sent yesterday to the Superintendent of Harrison School District Two in Colorado; I generally trust FIRE's factual accounts in such matters, and I think its legal analysis here is spot on: The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to defending freedom of…

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