Censorship

Olympic Citius Altius Fortius Pan-American: The U.S. Olympic Committee's Exclusive Rights

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The U.S. Olympic Committee ("USOC") has a reputation for aggressively policing their exclusive rights to certain words, phrases, and symbols. And they have a special act of Congress to back them up.

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Stolen Valor, Part II: The Legislative and Executive Branches Take the Hint

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On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional because it penalizes speech (albeit false speech) without consideration of less restrictive alternatives or a clear connection between the speech and the harm sought to be prevented. In U.S. v.

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Lèse Majesté: 16th Century Censorship Meets 21st Century Law

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When hearing the expression “lèse majesté,” images of the Queen of Hearts ordering heads to be chopped off ASAP may come to mind. Marie-Antoinette, the queen who was once a “majesté” in France, herself lost her head during the French Revolution. Surely, the crime of lèse majesté is now a thing of the past?

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Is It a Prior Restraint for Police to Delete Video of Their Conduct?

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A pedicab driver was arrested in D.C. recently for pretending to record police arresting one of his passengers. He wasn’t actually filming anything – apparently he wasn’t even sure how to operate his new camera.

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Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?: A Few Modest Thoughts on Mass. Senate Bill No. 785

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On February 7, 2012, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts Legislature will hold a hearing on Massachusetts Senate Bill No.

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Why Twitter's New Censorship Tool Isn't As Bad As It Seems

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Last Thursday, Twitter announced that it would start censoring tweets by denying access to specific tweets in countries where those tweets would be illegal.  Naturally, this has caused a lot of concern online. 

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In Case You Missed It the First Time, Supreme Court Police Reenact Cohen v. California

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Say you're in law school, and your professor gives you the following hypothetical:

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SOPA/PIPA Protest Day is Over, But the Battle is Not

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The day of protest against the now (hopefully) infamous "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011" (PROTECT IP Act, or PIPA) has ended.  Baffled students can once again access Wikipedia to do their homework; the Google doodle is no longer black

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Tarek Mehanna and the Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

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Suppose you and I are friends. We've grown up together. We've shared conversation; we've traded ideas. Now suppose that as I've gotten older, I've changed. In fact, I've become a zealot. One day I bring up the topic of suicide bombers. And, to your surprise, I actually sympathize with people who strap explosives to their chests and go looking for crowds of innocents.

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