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Supremes Rule That Trial Speech is Protected Speech

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Practical Primer on Operating Public Entity Social Media Pages

United States Supreme Court Upholds Prayers at Public Meetings

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Local Governments May Open Meetings With Sectarian Prayer

Commercial Disparagement An Increasing Concern In The Age Of Social Media

Two Circuits Address the First Amendment Status of Facebook Activity

Satanists seek spot next to Ten Commandments monument on steps of Oklahoma's Statehouse Published December 09, 2013Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY –  In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives in Oklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including satanists who are seeking to put their own statue next to a Ten Commandments monument on the Statehouse steps.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/09/satanists-seek-spot-next-to-ten-commandments-monument-on-steps-oklahoma/?intcmp=latestnews

You Will Be Made to Care

A Christian baker in Colorado refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding. A judge is now ordering him to do so or face financial penalties.

Surely there are plenty of bakers who would bake a cake for David Mullins and Charlie Craig, the gay men who wanted the cake. But they went to Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver, CO. When Phillips declined because of his religious beliefs, Mullins and Craig went to the ACLU, which in turn complained to the state that Phillips was discriminating.

http://www.redstate.com/2013/12/09/you-will-be-made-to-care-3/?utm_source=morning%2Bbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12%2B09%2B2013

Can a Trial Court, Consistent with the First Amendment, Order an Attorney to Take Down Part of Her Website During Trial? - See more at: http://verdict.justia.com/2013/11/25/can-trial-court-consistent-first-amendment-order-attorney-take-part-website-trial#sthash.8nlGuzja.dpuf

On October 30 of this year, in the case of Steiner et al. v. The Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, an interesting First Amendment question arose. One of the attorney’s websites advertised that she had had success in two prior cases that were similar to the case that she was about to try. (They were personal injury actions, all with similar facts.) The Court, in response, ordered that the attorney had to take down the relevant portion of her website—that is, the portion that discussed that attorney’s favorable outcomes in similar cases. - See more at: 

http://verdict.justia.com/2013/11/25/can-trial-court-consistent-first-amendment-order-attorney-take-part-website-trial#sthash.8nlGuzja.dpuf

First Amendment Does Not Prevent State From Firing Employee For Derogatory Facebook Comments

"Like" It Or Not, Court Rules Facebook Activity Is Protected Free Speech - JD Supra

Young v. Facebook, Inc. - Social Media Leading Cases

Young v. Facebook, Inc., 790 F. Supp. 2d 1110, is a pro se internet law case in which the plaintiff sued the social network Facebook following the termination of her user account. In her original complaint, the plaintiff, Karen Beth Young, alleged violation of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligence, and fraud. In the U.S. District Court of Northern California, Facebook moved to dismiss the claim, and on October 25, 2010, presiding Judge Jeremy Fogel granted the motion to dismiss with leave to amend. Redirecting her complaint, Young alleged violations of theAmericans with Disabilities Act and related state laws on disability, as well as breach of contract and negligence. Again, Facebook moved to dismiss, and Judge Fogel dismissed the case without leave to amend.

Read it all at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_v._Facebook,_Inc.