Earlier this spring, Thomson Reuters launched an ongoing CLE series focused on the Bill of Rights and the impact of the amendments on today’s political and social landscape. The first session – which featured Judge Wilhelmina Wright, US District Court judge; Representative Paul Thissen, the former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives; and Kevin …
Filtered by tag:
First Amendment
Double Trouble: Husband and wife take on FantasySCOTUS
What could be more romantic than spending an evening predicting Supreme Court cases? Reuben and Nicole are a husband-and-wife team in this year’s FantasySCOTUS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TEAM: Nicole is a university professor (both undergrad and law school). Rueben is an in-house attorney. Neither of us has a significant litigation practice. …
Connecticut First Amendment case: Spotlight on pro bono work
Have you ever considered the fundamental rights that allow you to hang posters or fliers? For First Amendment advocates, these rights have been brought to attention by the controversial Connecticut case, Gleason v. Smolinski. Nine years ago when Billy Smolinski went missing, his parents began their search immediately by hanging missing person posters around the …
Ignore the First Amendment at your peril: 2013 Silha Lecture
This post was written by Megan Gustafson, journalist and former Thomson Reuters employee The lessons of the Pentagon Papers – the landmark 1971 First Amendment case – are coming full circle in today’s environment, said attorney James C. Goodale last week at the 2013 Silha Lecture, at the University of Minnesota’s Silha Center for the …