First Amendment: Speech

Government by the People: Iowa’s Book-Ban Law and Direct Democracy

September 15, 2023 As the first day of classes neared, Bridgette Exman, assistant superintendent of the Mason City School District in north-central Iowa, found herself plugging a...

Thomas E. Nielsen

First Amendment Recent Case

Mazo v. New Jersey Secretary of State

Third Circuit Holds that New Jersey's "Consent Requirement" for Ballot Slogans is Content Neutral.

Vol. 136 No. 8 June 2023

First Amendment: Speech Recent Case

Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff

Ninth Circuit Finds First Amendment Violation in School District Officials' Blocking of Parents on Social Media.

Vol. 136 No. 5 March 2023

Ku Klux Klan Act Essay

The Anti-Klan Act in the Twenty-First Century

Vol. 136 No. 4 February 2023 Racial terrorism by organized hate groups and “lone wolf” vigilantes presents a growing societal danger. Increasingly, the planning and recruitment for such plots occur...

William M. Carter Jr.

First Amendment: Speech Recent Case

Price v. Garland

D.C. Circuit Holds that Filming in Public Forums Is Subject to Lower Level of First Amendment Protection Than Expressive Activities.

Vol. 136 No. 4 February 2023

Content Moderation Article

Content Moderation as Systems Thinking

Vol. 136 No. 2 December 2022 This Article argues that content moderation should instead be understood as a project of mass speech administration and that looking past a post-by-post evaluation of platform decisionmaking reveals a complex and dynamic system that needs a more proactive and continuous form of governance than the vehicle of individual error correction allows.

Evelyn Douek

First Amendment: Speech Leading Case

Government by the People: Iowa’s Book-Ban Law and Direct Democracy

Mazo v. New Jersey Secretary of State

Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff

The Anti-Klan Act in the Twenty-First Century

Price v. Garland

Content Moderation as Systems Thinking

City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC

Shurtleff v. City of Boston

FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate

Burns v. Town of Palm Beach