White on Trump "Opening Up" Libel Laws

I have written several posts on the implications of Trump's presidency on various constitutional rights. I was going to write one on t...

Melania Trump Demands Removal of "Actionable" Statements from People Article

So reports Politico : Donald Trump may not be planning to sue People over the magazine's story accusing him of sexual assault, but his w...

Iowa's Law Against Simulated Intoxication

Back when I lived in Iowa City, the local police blotter was a reliable source of intrigue and occasional amusement. I would read it now and...

Sorry Iowa, Political Robocalls Are Protected by the First Amendment

While I currently live in California, I spent most of my life in Iowa, and I regularly visit my family in Iowa around the holidays. It is ni...

Denniston on Whether Citizens United Will be Overturned

Via How Appealing , I learned of this post by Lyle Denniston at the Constitution Daily blog for the Constitution Center. Denniston notes se...

Police Body Cameras: Not a Cure-All, But a Step in the Right Direction

The Wall Street Journal has this article  from last week on police body cameras and the Alton Sterling shooting. The Journal notes that whil...

Non-Disparagement Agreements With the Government and the First Amendment

Eugene Volokh wrote yesterday about a settlement agreement between a former employee of a Veterans Affairs Hospital in Washington. The sett...

Google to Remove Revenge Porn Images from Search Results

From the BBC : Victims of revenge porn will be able to put in requests to Google to take down content from search results.  The images will ...

It is Legal to be Intoxicated on the Front Steps of a Private Residence in Iowa

So ruled the Iowa Supreme Court last week, holding that Iowa Code section 123.46(2) , which prohibits a person from being "intoxicated ...

Supreme Court Narrowly Decides Online Threats Case, Elonis v. U.S.

At long last, the Supreme Court has issued an opinion in Elonis v. United States . I blogged about the opinion back when the Court granted c...

Ban on Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy for Minors Approved By Iowa Senate

So reports the Des Moines Register : Iowa mental health professionals would be banned from trying to change the sexual orientation of gay pa...

Iowa Bill Would Prohibit Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy for Minors

So reports the Des Moines Register : A bill that would ban Iowa mental health professionals from trying to change the sexual orientation of ...

Is it Constitutional to Prosecute Those Who Mail Cow Manure?

My attempt at answering this age-old legal question is prompted by this story about a pair of feuding Iowa couples. Here is the report: A s...

The First Conviction Under California's Revenge Porn Law

The Los Angeles City Attorney announced that it has secured a conviction against Noe Iniguez, who posted nude photographs of his ex-girlfri...