Academic

Sup. Ct. on Water, Religious Monuments, Payroll Deducations, and the "Speech or Debate" Clause
SCOTUSBlog has full coverage of the Supreme Court's decision in a water boundaries case, its refusal to grant certiorari in a "speech or debate" clause case arising from the FBI's search of a Congressional office, and its grants of certiorari regarding a religious sect that wants to add a 10 Commandment-like monument to a public park and a First Amendment challenge to an Idaho law that prohibits local governments from allowing employee payroll deductions to pay for political activities by labor unions...

CA1: bus drivers protected by NLRA
Five Star Transportation v. NLRB, No. 07-1316 enforces a decision of the NLRB, which found that Five Star Transportation ?engaged in an unfair labor practice in violation of § 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act ("Act") when it refused...

Georgia Tech Faulted for "Lack of Candor" by Federal Judge,
in last week's opinion in Sklar v. Clough. The broader litigation, which led to this opinion, involved a Free Speech Clause challenge to Georgia Tech's speech code, free speech...

News Roundup of Stories on Cert Denial in Rep. Jefferson Speech or Debate Clause Case
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1st and 14th Amend. protection of corporate religious speech
Should corporate religious expression receive protection under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and under the First Amendment's Speech Clause?

"Hate Speech":
I often hear people arguing that some speech is unprotected under current First Amendment law because it's "hate speech," or asking "Is [X] free speech or is it hate speech?" That,...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

Domestic Violence
Women's Rights

Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

How to prove housing discrimination based on sexual orientation in student housing?
There are several things you can do. First of all, contact any welfare advisors,...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

Fake Drugs
Life Threatening Incidents

Topical Anesethics
FDA Warns of Life Threatening Side Effects

FDA
Life-Threatening Complications Associated with Recombinant Human Bone Graft Products