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First Amendment

Tamara R. Piety

Selected Works

2013

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Brandishing The First Amendment: Commercial Expression In America, Tamara Piety Oct 2013

Brandishing The First Amendment: Commercial Expression In America, Tamara Piety

Tamara R. Piety

Over the past two decades, corporations and other commercial entities have used strategic litigation to win more expansive First Amendment protections for commercial speech—from the regulation of advertising to the role corporate interests play in the political process, most recently debated in the Supreme Court case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Tamara R. Piety, a nationally known critic of commercial and corporate speech, argues that such an expansion of First Amendment speech rights imperils public health, safety, and welfare; the reliability of commercial and consumer information; the stability of financial markets; and the global environment. Prof. Piety appeared …


Should Insurance Companies Be Forced To Reimburse Contraceptives Despite Religious Objections?, Robin Wilson, Tamara Piety Aug 2013

Should Insurance Companies Be Forced To Reimburse Contraceptives Despite Religious Objections?, Robin Wilson, Tamara Piety

Tamara R. Piety

Presented by TU's Federalist Society: Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, the Class of 1958 Law Alumni Professor of Law and the Law Alumni Faculty Fellow for 2011—2012, received her J.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of Virginia where, at the School of Law, she served on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Law Review. Before entering practice, she clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. A specialist in Family Law and Health Law, her research and teaching interests also include Insurance and Biomedical Ethics. Professor Wilson is the editor of four volumes: Health Law and …