Sentences with phrase «amendment protection»

They say such probes violate First Amendment protections of free speech.

She found, however, that the casting decisions in question were «part and parcel of the creative process behind a television program — including the Shows at issue here — thereby meriting First Amendment protection against the application of anti-discrimination statutes to that process.»

One of the unintended consequences of predictive policing technology may be the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections for individuals in those high crime areas.

Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self - incrimination on Monday as he notifies the Senate Intelligence committee that he will not comply with a subpoena seeking documents.

4th Amendment Protections do not protect evidence in «plain view» or where the individual can reasonably not expect privacy under ordinary circumstances.

They claim 1st Amendment protections when it helps them.»

You'd give the people on the no - fly list the Second Amendment protection even though they may be a possible threat to the safety of the people of this nation,» he said.

Video games are fully protected speech under the Constitution and receive the same First Amendment protection as books, movies, music and television.

In re Boucher (2009): The United States District Court for the District of Vermont held that if the contents of the encrypted files are generally known to the government, then revealing the encryption key is not self - incrimination, and Fifth Amendment protections do not apply.

While foreign snooping and theft are the more obvious concerns, there's also the fact that lawyers have no meaningful Fourth Amendment protection from search when re-entering the country.

In 2008, after Hurricane Ike, over 130 inmates in the Leblanc unit, which was not evacuated for that storm, filed lawsuits claiming their «deplorable conditions» — which included no clean water, no electricity, and not being able to shower — violated their Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Shane, true; but nothing you have said addresses what some of us see as the more critical point in all this — did the judge trample Pearce's 1st amendment protections when he dressed him down in open court?

The only time Fifth Amendment protection applies is if you are being forced by the government to make a statement that could open you up to an accusation or conviction of a criminal offense.

Unfortunately, AVVO takes a very arrogant and superior approach to these issues because its silly rating system was given First Amendment protection by a federal judge who openly noted how ridiculous lawyer rating sites truly are.

Since the decision was not appealed, the Supreme Court has never ruled on the question of whether territorial governments enjoy 11th Amendment protection.

Because You, as a Student or Graduate, if You so Choose, would qualify for the «First Amendment Protection Rights» for Spiritual & Religious Freedom as practicing Holistic Health & Healing Ministers and Counselors.

Today and Thursday at 5:30 Pacific time, she is teaching Blogging and Liability, covering the statutory and First Amendment protections applicable to bloggers.

It isn't even a discussion of the more meta issue of First Amendment protection lawyers should enjoy as distinct from regular folk.

Blockshopper, founded by former newspaper industry professionals, considers itself a next generation media outlet entitled to First Amendment protections just like any other news organization, he said.

However, the Fourteenth Amendment protection applies nonetheless.

When smartphones and laptops are included in these personal effects, Fourth Amendment protections become hollow.

The Court of Appeals reversed the trial findings and concluded that Westboro's pickets were entitled to First Amendment protection because the statements were on matters of public concern and were not provably false.

and «Don't First Amendment protections render most Internet defamation cases moot?»

Addition: Based on the few comments saying that this isn't a crime and is covered by the First Amendment, I would like to test how much does the First Amendment protection stretch here.

Boucher does not apply because the defendant waived 5th amendment protection by initially cooperating.

In 2009, in United States v. Stevens, the Supreme Court explicitly rejected (8 to 1) the theory that new categories of speech could be excluded from First Amendment protection without a long history of restricting that type of speech.

I have found bar candidates spending precious bar - prep days struggling with First Amendment protections for advertising when they couldn't spot an offer for a unilateral contract or explain the relevance of industry standards in products liability cases.

A letter sitting in your home is covered by the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure, but that same letter in your Gmail, if sent and read over six months ago, is not afforded the same protection.

Robert George turned Ron Paul inside out on whether 14th Amendment protections should be extended to the unborn....

In the case of the Maryland ban on assault rifles the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that «we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war».

At both the federal and state levels, ESA works to ensure that video games and industry artists receive the same First Amendment protections as books, movies, music and TV programs, and opposes efforts to regulate entertainment media based on its content.

As explained in this news report, though «some members of Arizona's highest court expressed unease,» the Arizona Supreme Court today affirmed «a 200 - year prison sentence imposed on a former Phoenix high school teacher for possessing child pornography» over the defendant's claim «that his sentence violated the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.»

Legislating your private religious moral values onto the rest of us violate our 1st Amendment protections.

In its motion to quash, EFF argues that the plaintiff's overbroad subpoena seeking to identify the site's operator and users violates First Amendment protections for anonymous speech and association.

Among other things, this incident became a flash point about the extent of First Amendment protections.

Amazon had previously refused to hand over information to the cops, citing First Amendment protections, but has now acquiesced after the defendant gave authorities permission to access the data.

However, the First Amendment protection of free speech does not extend to children.

I shall propose one - though not, be it understood, in order to define cults as beyond First Amendment protection.