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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech or the press, preventing citizens from peacefully assembling, or interfering with citizens' ability to petition the government for redress of their grievances. The First Amendment is one of the most sacred aspects of the American legal tradition and has spawned a vast body of jurisprudence and commentary. less -

Is Everything Better in Moderation? Circuit Split on Content Moderation to Be Heard by SCOTUS

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 2/22/2024

On February 26, 2024, the United States Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in two cases currently before the Court, Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton. At their core, these cases raise the question as to...more

Oral Argument at the Supreme Court Suggests Refusing to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL Trademark Did Not Violate the First Amendment

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/6/2023

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Vidal v. Elster this week, which asks whether refusing to register a trademark that criticizes President Trump violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. It seems the...more

Social Media and State Action: The Supreme Court Considers When Government Officials Block Commenters “Under Color of” State Law

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 11/2/2023

When public officials block commenters from their social media pages, are they acting “under color of” state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983? Yesterday, October 31, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two...more

What’s in a Name? Too Much to Trademark According to the USPTO

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/1/2023

With the U.S. Supreme Court beginning a new session, many are wondering what new issues the Court will address this term. One case the Court is scheduled to hear involves the relationship between the Lanham Act and First...more

Does Anyone Here Have A Sense Of Humor, Redux: Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Oral Argument

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets on 3/28/2023

On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. As we previously blogged, the issues presented in the care are: ...more

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether Wedding Website Creator Can Refuse Same-Sex Couples

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/9/2022

On December 5, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a case on whether a wedding website creator may legally refuse to make websites for same-sex couples based on First Amendment grounds....more

Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

Cozen O'Connor on 9/14/2022

On August 29, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to invalidate Nasdaq’s board diversity rules which were initially proposed by...more

Supreme Court to decide case of football coach placed on leave for post-game prayers

Franczek P.C. on 6/9/2022

On April 25, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which we previously reported on. As you may recall, the case involves a high school football coach, Joseph Kennedy, who was...more

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. – The Student Free Speech Case Every Public School Administrator Should Know About

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/4/2021

On April 28th, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., a student free speech case that every public school district in the country needs to be watching...more

Justices Show Little Spirit for Expanding Tinker: SCOTUS Wrestles with Appropriate Standard for Regulating Off-Campus Student...

Rumberger | Kirk on 5/3/2021

In 1969, the Supreme Court recognized both that students do not surrender their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gates, but that schools do have the right to discipline students for speech that could cause...more

A Break Down of the SCOTUS Oral Argument on First Amendment Right to Privacy in Association

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/30/2021

Wiley’s Lee Goodman, Andrew Woodson, and Jeremy Broggi break down the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 26 oral arguments in two cases: Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta and Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta. The cases...more

United States Supreme Court Hears Argument in Historic Student Speech Case

Franczek P.C. on 4/29/2021

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in its first case ever to address the discipline of students for speech occurring off-campus, on their own time, and online. ...more

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on California’s Attempt To Collect Names of Donors to Nonprofits

ArentFox Schiff on 4/28/2021

The petitioners appeared to have a more sympathetic bench and went so far as to say the Attorney General of the State of California was “not genuine” in his position. On April 26, the Supreme Court held a lively oral...more

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument On Whether ‘Ministerial Exception’ Covers Lay School Teachers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/18/2020

Whether the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by employees against their religious employer, where the employee carried out important...more

Federal Court Hears Oral Argument in ACA's TRO Petition Seeking to Enjoin Massachusetts's Emergency Debt Collection Regulations

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads on 5/6/2020

On May 1, 2020, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Judge Richard Stearns heard oral arguments in ACA International's suit to halt the emergency debt collection regulations enacted in Massachusetts, which...more

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First Amendment › Oral Argument

Is Everything Better in Moderation? Circuit Split on Content Moderation to Be Heard by SCOTUS

Oral Argument at the Supreme Court Suggests Refusing to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL Trademark Did Not Violate the First Amendment

Social Media and State Action: The Supreme Court Considers When Government Officials Block Commenters “Under Color of” State Law

What’s in a Name? Too Much to Trademark According to the USPTO

Does Anyone Here Have A Sense Of Humor, Redux: Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Oral Argument

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether Wedding Website Creator Can Refuse Same-Sex Couples

Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

Supreme Court to decide case of football coach placed on leave for post-game prayers

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. – The Student Free Speech Case Every Public School Administrator Should Know About

Justices Show Little Spirit for Expanding Tinker: SCOTUS Wrestles with Appropriate Standard for Regulating Off-Campus Student...

A Break Down of the SCOTUS Oral Argument on First Amendment Right to Privacy in Association

United States Supreme Court Hears Argument in Historic Student Speech Case

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on California’s Attempt To Collect Names of Donors to Nonprofits

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument On Whether ‘Ministerial Exception’ Covers Lay School Teachers

Federal Court Hears Oral Argument in ACA's TRO Petition Seeking to Enjoin Massachusetts's Emergency Debt Collection Regulations

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Key Case On LGBT Rights And Religious Liberty

Reading Tea Leaves from Arguments in Gill v. Whitford: 5 Lessons from an Election Law Revolution

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