Comm Law

Not sure how this affects Autocam, a Michigan company owned by Catholics, who have appealed a lower court ruling to the Supreme Court. As we said in class last semester, if the Hobby Lobby case goes against that company, I think it settles the cases involving Catholic objection to abortion coverage. More »

Al Goldstein, Pioneering Pornographer, Dies at 77 – NYTimes.com. More »

After latest shooting, murder manual author calls for book to be taken immediately out of print – U.S. News. More »

New Yorks top court blocks Colorado from forcing Fox reporter to reveal sources or face jail | Fox News. More »

Texas Supreme Court hears Dayton blogger case More »

The Supreme Court confronts the line between free speech and security with protester’s case – The Washington Post. More »

Comm Law student Madeline Orr passes along this by Stephen Colbert related to the Supreme Court’s acceptance of a religious freedom case. He focuses on the question of corporate First Amendment rights, but you’ll note it references birth control in the broad sense rather than the narrower question of abortion pill coverage in the case that was accepted. More »

Supreme Court to review contraceptive coverage mandate in health-care law – The Washington Post. More »

Photographer wins $1.2 mln from companies that took pics off Twitter | Reuters. More »

Supreme Court won’t hear controversial copyright case – The Art Newspaper. More »