First Amendment

The Supreme Court Is Killing Contribution Limits Softly; A Few Years from Now They Likely Will Be Dead.

December 29, 2019 The Thompson v. Hebdon per curium opinion is the latest example of the Roberts Supreme Court’s hostility to reasonable money in politics reforms like...

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Constitutional Law Notes

Of Priests, Pupils, and Procedure: The Ministerial Exception as a Cause Of Action for On-Campus Student Ministries

Vol. 133 No. 2 December 2019 In 1972, the Fifth Circuit recognized a First Amendment right for religious ministries to select their own religious ministers and manage the employment relationship...

First Amendment Articles

Free Speech and Justified True Belief

Vol. 133 No. 2 December 2019 Law often prioritizes justified true beliefs. Evidence, even if probative and correct, must have a proper foundation. Expert witness testimony must be the product...

Joseph Blocher

First Amendment Notes

A Shield for David and a Sword Against Goliath: Protecting Association While Combatting Dark Money Through Proportionality

Vol. 133 No. 2 December 2019 Election disclosure laws are traditionally used to combat corruption in the political process. These laws typically require candidates, parties, or political committees to disclose...

First Amendment Recent Case

State v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc.

Washington Supreme Court Limits Masterpiece Cakeshop to the Context of Adjudications.

Vol. 133 No. 2 December 2019

First Amendment Recent Case

The Supreme Court Is Killing Contribution Limits Softly; A Few Years from Now They Likely Will Be Dead.

Of Priests, Pupils, and Procedure: The Ministerial Exception as a Cause Of Action for On-Campus Student Ministries

Free Speech and Justified True Belief

A Shield for David and a Sword Against Goliath: Protecting Association While Combatting Dark Money Through Proportionality

State v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc.

Calzone v. Summers

Recent Case: NLRB v. International Ass’n of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 229

Iancu v. Brunetti

Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

Nieves v. Bartlett