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Supreme Court hears arguments on First Amendment AIDS funding question
April 23, 2013 by Julia Zebley
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International the court considered the only First Amendment case this term, on whether the US Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003.... [more]
Tenth Circuit upholds school's ban on 'fetus dolls'
April 10, 2013 by Brandon Gatto
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday that a New Mexico school district acted constitutionally when it prohibited five students from distributing two-inch rubber fetus dolls with pro-life cards attached. Writing for the unanimous three-judge panel, the Honorable Scott.... [more]
University of Colorado president resigned amidst legal controversies [this day at law]
March 7, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On March 7, 2005, University of Colorado (CU) President Elizabeth Hoffman announced her resignation amidst an array of legal issues. Two women had sued the public university, claiming they were raped by CU football players as part of an ongoing scandal involving allegedly administrator-sanctioned.... [more]
Contraceptives and the ACA: Going Over the Mandate Cliff [comment]
January 14, 2013 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, says that the ACA's contraception mandate unduly infringes on the First Amendment...Soon after the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), or Obamacare, the.... [more]
US House postponed hearings on SOPA [this day at law]
January 14, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On January 14, 2012, the US House of Representatives postponed hearings on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Many popular and influential websites had responded negatively to the bill because of its controversial Domain Name System (DNS) blocking provisions, which would have required US Internet.... [more]
President Bush's 'faith-based initiative' faced legal challenge [this day at law]
January 13, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On January 13, 2006, the US Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit vacated a trial court decision from 2004 that had barred the Freedom From Religion Foundation from pursuing a lawsuit against the George W. Bush administration's faith-based initiatives, citing the Establishment Clause of the US.... [more]
The Statement and Account Clause and Citizens United: Part I
January 9, 2013 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Joseph Marren, President and Chief Executive Officer of KStone Partners LLC, says that the Statement and Account Clause must be strictly adhered to if voters are to make truly informed choices...On January 21, 2010, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC),.... [more]
North Carolina to appeal ruling against 'choose life' license plates
January 7, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
North Carolina on Friday announced plans to appeal a ruling finding "Choose Life" license plates unconstitutional. Judge James Fox of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in December that "he State's offering a 'Choose Life' license plate in the absence of a pro-.... [more]
What's Left for Campaign Finance Reform? [op-ed]
December 12, 2012 by David Mulock
JURIST Guest Columnist Steven D. Schwinn of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago says that, despite recent Supreme Court campaign finance decisions, the First Amendment still leaves opportunity for reform via creative public finance systems, tighter contribution limits and increased disclosure.... [more]
Federal appeals court struck down Wisconsin campaign finance law [this day at law]
December 12, 2012 by Kyle Webster
On December 12, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit struck down a Wisconsin law prohibiting people from donating more than $10,000 a year to political action committees (PACs). The successful challenge came from the Wisconsin Right to Life and the Wisconsin Center for Economic.... [more]
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