by Laura Follansbee | Nov 25, 2019 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, a federal district judge issued an injunction against the impending executions of federal death row prisoner, in order to allow them time to challenge the government’s proposed method of lethal...
by Laura Follansbee | Nov 5, 2019 | Amicus, Environmental Justice, Freedom of Expression, Legislation
The First Amendment provides some protection for commercial speech, or speech on behalf of a corporation with the intent to produce profit. Despite this, many state governments are entertaining and passing legislation that would prevent plant-based meat and milk...
by Laura Follansbee | Oct 23, 2019 | Amicus, Freedom of Expression, Reproductive Rights, Uncategorized
Our shared Constitution ensures that we need not share a religion. However, in the name of religious liberty for health care providers, recent legal developments are chipping away at the rights of patients to seek medical procedures. Conscience-based objectors have...
by Laura Follansbee | Oct 10, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Freedom of Expression
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that while “prison walls do not form a barrier separating inmates from the protections of the Constitution,” the right to free speech can be curtailed when “legitimate penological concerns” are at stake. The Court’s unwillingness to...