First Amendment
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Posts by Police: Disciplining Law Enforcement for Speech on Social Media
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once wrote that a man has “a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has… Read More
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Speaking of Justice: Paralegals’ First Amendment Challenge to North Carolina’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Rules
By: Anna Lants On December 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissed… Read More
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The Burden of Belief: An Analysis of Quakers’ Challenge ICE Enforcement Policy in Places of Worship
By: Grace Mohlin For decades, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has limited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) actions in… Read More
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TikTok on the clock, but the party has stopped–the U.S. Supreme Court has officially ruled to uphold legislation to ban TikTok effectively.
On January 10th, the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) heard arguments about whether the Protecting Americans from… Read More
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Saving Face: The Problem with Deepfakes and How to Solve It
Daria Brown The ever-growing prevalence of deepfake technology presents significant concerns surrounding privacy, democracy, and the ability of public figures… Read More
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Take Names, Ask Questions…Never? Reviewing the Fifth Circuit’s Troubling Decision in Villarreal v. City of Laredo
By Michael VerMeulen In a legal battle between qualified immunity and freedom of the press, which one will come… Read More
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Harper v. Hall and State Courts as Politically Accountable Actors
13 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 42 Brandon J. Johnson[1] Introduction The North Carolina Supreme Court’s recent decision to reverse… Read More
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Supreme Court to Review Rogers Test for Parody-of-Trademarks Case, Involving Squeaky “Bad Spaniels” Dog Toy and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
By Cameron Bray On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments[1] in the case of Jack Daniel’s… Read More
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The Sixth Circuit Joins the Split: Higher Education Freedom of Speech and the Breadth of Academic Freedom Remain in Limbo
12 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 111 Introduction No one wonders about the strength of the First Amendment’s speech protections… Read More
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Michelle Carter and Inyoung You: Massachusetts Paving the Way for Criminal Liability in Encouraging Suicide
By Morgan Kleinhandler There is no doubt that the advance of modern technology has allowed for an increase in the… Read More
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Are “Deliberate” Steps Still Required for Today’s Tech-Savvy Children?
By Kyle Brantley It’s that time of day. Your child is positioning the antenna just right in order to catch… Read More
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Constitutional Cussing
By: Joseph C. Johnson On May 5, 2019, Dillon Webb was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy in Columbia County,… Read More