Archive for ‘Internet speech’

It strikes me this is an unconstitutional prior restraint. How is this any different than Near v. Minnesota? More »

Trial Over Death Threats Against Federal Judges Could Test Free Speech Rules Online. More »

Google apologizes for results of Michelle Obama image search More »

Bigger U.S. Role in Broadband Is Likely More »

This story is by Mary Flood, a friend of mine who reports for the Houston Chronicle and has taught Communication Law at the University of Houston. I taught her class a couple of times, which was my introduction to college teaching. More »

The effort is being led my the brother of Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban. More »

This column refers to a couple of current events: Juicy Campus and the posting of names of supporters of Proposition 8. It’s a good example of the modern arguments against free speech. More »

SCOTUS won’t hear the a case involving the Child Online Protection Act, which was struck down by a trial court in 2007. In 2004, the court upheld an injunction that had prevented the law from going into force and indicated the law was probably unconstitutional. More »

What are the legal implications of this? I couldn’t write a better test question. More »