Free Speech
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The TikTok Takedown: Strengthening National Security or Suppressing Free Speech?
By Madison Cone After six years of wild popularity and influence, TikTok’s time in the limelight may be coming to… Read More
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A Private-Public Forum: The Oxymoron of Free Speech on Social Media
Will Coltzer The Supreme Court is set to determine whether the government can regulate the way social media platforms (“Platforms”)… Read More
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When the Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Establishment Clauses Collide: Setting the Stage for Kennedy v. Bremerton School District and Its Potential Impact on Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights
By Jonathon Beatty What happens when a public-school employee’s free speech and free exercise rights run contrary to the Establishment… 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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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
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Shedding Their Rights at the Schoolhouse Gate: How a North Carolina Cheer Team is Renewing a Decades-Old Debate
By Kyle Brady Known for clever cheers and creative school spirit, high school cheerleaders rarely garner national attention, spark protests,… Read More
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Of Subtweets and Bedbugs: Libel in the Age of Social Media
By Greg Berman Controversy erupted last week after a George Washington University professor, Dave Karpf, tweeted a joke at New… Read More
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4th Circuit: Lessons on Islam Don’t Violate Christian Student’s Rights
By Caroline Hamilton and Alex Prunka During the 2014–15 school year, Caleigh Wood was an eleventh grade student at La… Read More
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Weekly Roundup – 2/11–2/15
By Thomas Cain and Noah Hock Wood v. Arnold In this civil case, Appellant Wood claimed teaching and assessment materials… Read More
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Judges of the Fourth Circuit – Hon. Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr.
By: Jason Wiener Francis Dominic Murnaghan, Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 20, 1920.[1] After he received an… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment in Social Media Dispute
By: Kristina Wilson On Monday, March 20, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case Grutzmacher… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Reaffirms Principle That A Police Chief With Reasonable Belief That Detectives Are Acting Within Scope of Employment Is Entitled To Qualified Immunity from First Amendment Retaliation Claims
By M. Allie Clayton On February 15, 2017, in the civil case of Crouse v. Town of Moncks Corner, the… Read More