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Stanford’s Gerald Gunther warned against campus limits on free speech three decades ago — First Amendment News 373
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Professor Collins provides insight into the Stanford shoutdown of a federal judge through the example of Stanford Law School’s renowned constitutionalist Gerald Gunther (1927-2002), who predicted the problem that today has engulfed his law school.

The costs of risks: Is Dominion v. Fox headed to settlement? — First Amendment News 372
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Soon enough Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis will rule on summary judgment motions in the $1.6 billion defamation case Dominion Voting Systems has brought against Fox News and its parent company.

Heckler’s veto in raucous play at Stanford Law School, federal judge’s speech shouted down — First Amendment News 371
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What a raucous spectacle it was at Stanford Law School last week as an unruly group loudly berated a federal judge while an associate dean intervened only to lecture the judge.

New and forthcoming books spotlight the dangers of a ‘culture of secrecy’ — First Amendment News 370
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Notwithstanding his concerns about individual privacy, when it came to secrecy and power, Louis Brandeis stressed that “PUBLICITY is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases.

Cert. petition: Is filming in a public forum subject to less First Amendment protection than expressive activities? — First Amendment News 369
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In December 2018, two officers of the U.S. Park Service came to Gordon Price’s music store and issued a citation for failure to obtain a commercial filming permit.

Floyd Abrams blasts proposed Florida law to roll back NYT v. Sullivan protections — First Amendment News 368
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After almost six decades of existing as settled law, the reign of New York Times, Inc. v. Sullivan is under attack on several fronts.

Will the Gonzales Section 230 case rule on Justice Thomas’ concerns about content moderation? Stephen Vladeck thinks not. — First Amendment News 367
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"Gonzalez is a massively important case about a specific application of section 230, but it’s not the massively important case about big tech that Justice Thomas has been clamoring for the Justices to take up.” — Professor Stephen Vladeck

Army veteran arrested for holding sign to raise awareness of homeless vets — First Amendment News 366
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Special issue: Public libraries becoming First Amendment battlefield — First Amendment News 365
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Since the invention of type, books have regularly posed a threat to the existing establishments of the day — thus did the papacy rightfully fear Martin Luther and his printed Bible.

Special law review issue: New and forthcoming articles — First Amendment News 364
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Law professor Ronald Collins examines new and forthcoming scholarship on free speech law.
