Tag Archives: First Amendment
The “Right to Record” becomes “The Right to Remain Silent”
Can your cell phone get you 15 years in prison? In some states, if you use it to record the police, it can. Adam Kobler looks at the law behind recording the police. Continue reading
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Cops and Occupiers
The NYPD’s strategy for responding to Occupy Wall Street could be more effective at protecting the protestors’ First Amendment rights. Continue reading
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Say What You Mean: Credit Ratings, Speech and the Law
Ria Dutta explores how the First Amendment may interface with credit ratings, with an eye on recent activity by Standard & Poor’s. Continue reading
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Forums and Foxholes: Garb Statutes and the First Amendment by Candice Andalia
It is an oft-quoted tenet, originating with the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist.,[1] that teachers do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”[2] However, … Continue reading
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