{"id":1453,"date":"2017-10-01T14:13:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2017-10-01T14:13:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:13:21","slug":"first-amendment-newsflash-918-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/first-amendment-newsflash-918-101\/","title":{"rendered":"First Amendment Newsflash 9\/18-10\/1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to First Amendment Newsflash, the First Amendment Law Review\u2019s 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 <\/span><\/i>Twitter<\/span><\/i><\/a> and <\/span><\/i>Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a> for regular updates.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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

A federal magistrate judge ruled that a<\/span> homeless encampment in Chicago<\/span><\/a> did not qualify as a First Amendment-protected statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

A panel of the 9th Circuit asked for amicus briefs considering whether a federal law<\/span> criminalizing encouraging or inducing illegal immigration<\/span><\/a> violates the First Amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 9th Circuit granted a preliminary injunction against San Francisco\u2019s ordinance requiring<\/span> health warnings on sugary drinks<\/span><\/a>, such as pop.<\/span><\/p>\n

A school lunch aide accused of<\/span> illegally sexting a student<\/span><\/a> has filed a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court, arguing that the statute under which she was charged is unconstitutionally broad.<\/span><\/p>\n

A federal judge dismissed two videographers\u2019<\/span> religious freedom lawsuit<\/span><\/a> challenging the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which barred the videographers from denying services for same-sex weddings.<\/span><\/p>\n

HBO has asked a West Virginia state court to dismiss coal baron Robert Murray\u2019s defamation lawsuit involving the John Oliver show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A Kansas inmate has sued the Topeka Correctional Facility, alleging that the<\/span> prison violates the Establishment Clause<\/span><\/a> by \u201cimposing strong Christian values on inmates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span> flushable wipe manufacturer<\/span><\/a> is alleging the District of Columbia law regulating labeling of such wipes as \u201cflushable\u201d violates the First Amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Wisconsin mother convicted of disorderly conduct<\/span> for yelling profanity at her son<\/span><\/a> after he burned some popcorn is arguing before the Wisconsin Supreme Court that her conviction violates her free speech right to use profanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

A lawsuit challenging North Carolina\u2019s<\/span> unauthorized practice of law<\/span><\/a> statute on First Amendment grounds was dismissed by a federal judge.<\/span><\/p>\n

A group of news organizations that sued the state of Arizona arguing that the First Amendment required the state<\/span> reveal its sources for execution drugs<\/span><\/a> has lost its case.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ACLU has sued<\/span> St. Louis for violating protesters\u2019 First Amendment rights<\/span><\/a> when police used \u201ckettling\u201d to control the crowd and seized protesters\u2019 cell phones and deleted videos.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a lawsuit alleging that Beyonce illegally used rapper Anthony Barre\u2019s voice in her song \u201cFormation,\u201d<\/span> Beyonce is arguing that the First Amendment protects this use<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian entrepreneur Aleksej Gurbarev, who was implicated in the Trump Dossier published by BuzzFeed and at issue in a recent defamation case, is arguing that the<\/span> First Amendment should not shield revelation of anonymous sources of the dossier<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a suit challenging an<\/span> Arkansas panhandling law<\/span><\/a>, a federal judge has ruled that the law violates the First Amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a case considering whether<\/span> public sector unions<\/span><\/a> can require non-members to pay \u201cfair share\u201d fees, used to facilitate collective bargaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking West Virginia\u2019s<\/span> Right to Work law<\/span><\/a> because the law likely violates union workers\u2019 right to assembly and association.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Federal Executive News<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

The FDA is beginning an initiative to find ways to require<\/span> cigarette warning labels<\/span><\/a> that do not run afoul of the First Amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in the case of Chike Uzuegbunam, a George Gwinnett College<\/span> student suing his college<\/span><\/a> for disallowing him from distributing fliers outside the college\u2019s \u201cfree speech zones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other News & Commentary<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Middle Tennessee State University has launched an online<\/span> First Amendment Encyclopedia<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span> Brookings Institute survey<\/span><\/a> of college students suggested that nearly 20% of college students believe it is acceptable to use violence to prevent a speaker from speaking. The methods used by this survey, however, have been questioned and some polling experts have called the survey \u201c<\/span>junk science<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A free speech controversy has erupted after NFL players<\/span> knelt during the national anthem<\/span><\/a> in protest of police brutality and racism in America.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Knight First Amendment Institute published Tim Wu\u2019s analysis on<\/span> whether the First Amendment remains relevant<\/span><\/a> in the current political and cultural climate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it for your First Amendment Newsflash Sept. 18-Oct. 1. See you again on Oct. 15! <\/span><\/i>In the meantime, don\u2019t forget to secure your <\/span><\/i>ticket<\/span><\/i><\/a> to our annual <\/span><\/i>symposium<\/span><\/i><\/a>: Distorting the Truth: \u201cFake News\u201d and Free Speech! Tickets are going fast, so be sure to register soon! <\/span><\/i>4.5 N.C. CLE credits available!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to First Amendment Newsflash, the First Amendment Law Review\u2019s 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 Twitter and Facebook for regular updates.   Court News A federal magistrate …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/firstamendmentlawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}