{"id":1371,"date":"2017-08-20T15:49:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2017-08-20T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T19:49:26","slug":"first-amendment-newsflash-87-820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/first-amendment-newsflash-87-820\/","title":{"rendered":"First Amendment Newsflash 8\/7-8\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to First Amendment Newsflash, the First Amendment Law Review\u2019s new bi-weekly roundup of the latest in free expression and religious freedom news and commentary. Check here every other Sunday for a new edition! Need First Amendment news in the meantime? Follow FALR on <\/i>Twitter<\/i><\/a> and <\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/a> for regular updates.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Court News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The ACLU filed suit on behalf of itself, right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, PETA, and Carefem, alleging that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority\u2019s (WMATA)<\/span> advertising guideline amendments<\/span><\/a> are a violation of the First Amendment on its face and as applied to the plaintiffs, after the plaintiffs\u2019 advertisements were rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span> webhosting company is refusing to comply<\/span><\/a> with a Department of Justice search warrant attempting to force the company to provide information about visitors to a website used to help organize protests during President Trump\u2019s inauguration.<\/span><\/p>\n

A federal judge ordered the writer of the New York Times editorial on Sarah Palin to<\/span> testify in a hearing<\/span><\/a> concerning the dismissal of Sarah Palin\u2019s defamation lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sixth Circuit will resolve the issue of whether Trump’s statements during a Louisville campaign rally will be protected by First Amendment speech rights or<\/span> whether the statements constitute incitement<\/span><\/a> after three victims of attacks at the Louisville rally sued Trump and the assailants for damages.<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span> coalition of nearly two dozen states<\/span><\/a> filed a brief supporting the city leaders in Bloomfield, New Mexico asking the Supreme Court to hear their appeal of a lower court ruling requiring the city to remove a Ten Commandment display from outside City Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Eighth Circuit upheld a Nebraska law<\/span><\/a> requiring picketers to remain at least 500 feet from funerals, after a protester sued arguing that the law was selectively enforced.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> ACLU filed suit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0against Maine governor for blocking critics on Facebook and deleting comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other News and Commentary<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

White supremacists and Neo-Nazis clashed with counter protesters at a \u201cUnite the Right\u201d rally in Charlottesville Virginia, leading to the death of a counter protester and two police officers. While both sides blamed the other for the violence, the rally attendees and counter protesters also cited<\/span> the lack of police intervention as the cause for the escalation of violence and loss of First Amendment protections.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

After the deadly violence in Charlottesville, the<\/span> ACLU is also under scrutiny<\/span><\/a> for representing the white supremacists in the city\u2019s attempt to revoke the permit to gather in a downtown Charlottesville park to protest the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue. However, the<\/span> ACLU stands behind the decision to represent the group in the broader effort to protect the First Amendment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Michigan State, along with the University of \u00a0Florida, Louisiana State University, and Texas A&M, has denied white nationalist Richard Spencer\u2019s request to speak at the university. The universities’<\/span> statements announcing the denial<\/span><\/a> state that the universities support freedom of expression, but cite safety concerns and the university\u2019s obligation to the safety and security of its students and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it for your First Amendment Newsflash August 7-20, 2017. See you again on September 3! In the meantime, don’t forget to secure your ticket<\/a> to our annual symposium<\/a>: Distorting the Truth: “Fake News” and Free Speech!\u00a04.5 N.C. CLE credits available!<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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