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2017

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

United States Constitution 1st Amendment

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All Employers Must Wash Their Speech Before Returning To Work: The First Amendment & Compelled Use Of Employees’ Preferred Gender Pronouns, Tyler Sherman Oct 2017

All Employers Must Wash Their Speech Before Returning To Work: The First Amendment & Compelled Use Of Employees’ Preferred Gender Pronouns, Tyler Sherman

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No abstract provided.


The Government Speech Doctrine In Walker’S Wake: Early Rifts And Reverberations On Free Speech, Viewpoint Discrimination, And Offensive Expression, Clay Calvert May 2017

The Government Speech Doctrine In Walker’S Wake: Early Rifts And Reverberations On Free Speech, Viewpoint Discrimination, And Offensive Expression, Clay Calvert

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This Article examines the immediate effects on free expression of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. involving the government speech doctrine. In Walker, a sharply—and largely partisanly—divided Court upheld, in the face of a First Amendment challenge, Texas’s decision denying a private organization’s application for a specialty license plate featuring Confederate battle flag imagery. This Article initially reviews the government speech doctrine and Walker. It then analyzes Walker’s impact on cases that, like it, involve specialty license plate programs. Next, this Article explores lower court efforts stretching …


The Coverage/Protection Distinction In The Law Of Freedom Of Speech—An Essay On Meta-Doctrine In Constitutional Law, Mark Tushnet Mar 2017

The Coverage/Protection Distinction In The Law Of Freedom Of Speech—An Essay On Meta-Doctrine In Constitutional Law, Mark Tushnet

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No abstract provided.


The Status Of The Hearer In Mr. Madison’S Neighborhood, Burt Neuborne Mar 2017

The Status Of The Hearer In Mr. Madison’S Neighborhood, Burt Neuborne

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False Commercial Speech And The First Amendment: Understanding The Implications Of The Equivalency Principle, Martin H. Redish, Kyle Voils Mar 2017

False Commercial Speech And The First Amendment: Understanding The Implications Of The Equivalency Principle, Martin H. Redish, Kyle Voils

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No Regrets (Almost): After Virginia Board Of Pharmacy, Alan B. Morrison Mar 2017

No Regrets (Almost): After Virginia Board Of Pharmacy, Alan B. Morrison

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No abstract provided.


Commercial Speech And The Perils Of Parity, Frederick Schauer Mar 2017

Commercial Speech And The Perils Of Parity, Frederick Schauer

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No abstract provided.


A Reverent Reflection Of The Splendid Scholarship Of Martin Redish—Does Reexamining Commercial Speech Shed Light On The Regrettable Reliance Upon Lie & Insult In Political Campaigns?, Douglas W. Kmiec Mar 2017

A Reverent Reflection Of The Splendid Scholarship Of Martin Redish—Does Reexamining Commercial Speech Shed Light On The Regrettable Reliance Upon Lie & Insult In Political Campaigns?, Douglas W. Kmiec

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No abstract provided.