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Constitutional Law—First Circuit Protects Right to Record Public Officials Discharging Duties in Public Space—Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78 (1st Cir. 2011)

Nov 13, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45

The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech and press—liberties that include the right to disseminate certain information concerning governmental activities, including police work. A police officer may defend against a claim of violating a citizen’s...

Constitutional Law—Third Circuit Holds First Amendment Protects Off-Campus Internet Speech from School Discipline—Layshock ex rel. Layshock v. Hermitage School District, 650 F.3d 205 (3d Cir. 2011)

Nov 13, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45

Although the First Amendment protects the right of free speech, the Supreme Court of the United States has held that certain types of speech made by students on campus may be restricted in public schools. The Court has not addressed, however, student speech...

Energy & Environmental Law—Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorizes Inaugural Combined License for Construction and Operation of Two Nuclear Power Plants—In re Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Nos. 52-025-COL, 52-026-COL, 2012 WL 440403 (N.R.C. Feb. 9, 2012)

Nov 13, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 4, Volume 45

On February 9, 2012, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) brought an end to the atomic power industry’s thirty-four-year construction hiatus when it green-lighted the licensing of two state-of-the-art nuclear reactors in eastern Georgia. In In re...