First Amendment Fall 2024: Assignments For November 18, 19 & 20

 --Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (link); Freedom of Speech of Government Employees: Pickering (link);. Connick (link); Garcetti (link); Discussion of 6th Circuit decision in Meriwether v. Hartrop (blog post to be provided)

-- Obscenity and Pornography: Read the cases (Stanley, Smith, Miller, Jenkins) and discussion set forth here (link) ; handout articles from Washington Post (Halverson) and ABA (Stone article)

--Preview:  Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s judgment allowing Texas to enforce the age verification requirements of H.B. 1181 on commercial websites that contain sexual content).