1st Amendment

People v. Rollins (Ill. Ct. App. 2021)

Posted: April 2, 2021

Illinois Court of Appeals opinion affirming the conviction of a defendant who was required to register as a sex offender and violated a state law that prohibited registrants with offenses related to children from taking photographs of children.

People v. Rollins (Ill. Ct. App. 2021)

Doe v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2021)

Posted: February 10, 2021

Federal trial court holding that application of Tennessee's sex offense registration act violated the Ex Post Facto clause as applied to two plaintiffs.

Doe v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2021)

State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

Posted: January 20, 2021

Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion holding, in the context of an appeal over the stay of a juvenile sex offender registration order, that the inability to change one's name under state law does not implicate the freedom of expression.

State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

United States v. Bobal (11th Cir. 2020)

Posted: December 1, 2020

11th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion holding that lifetime computer restrictions for an individual on supervised release did not violate the First Amendment.

United States v. Bobal (11th Cir. 2020)

Reed v. Long (M.D. Ga. 2020)

Posted: October 28, 2020

Federal trial court opinion granting a motion for summary judgment, finding that the placement of Halloween signs on plaintiffs' property did not violate various constitutional rights.

Reed v. Long (M.D. Ga. 2020)

State v. Hill (La. 2020)

Posted: October 24, 2020

Louisiana Supreme Court opinion declaring unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment a provision of Louisiana state law that required the driver's licenses of those with past sex offense convictions to bear a mark identifying them as "sex offenders."

State v. Hill (La. 2020)

Doe v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2020)

Posted: May 16, 2020

Federal trial court in the Eastern District of Tennessee finding that Tennessee's SORA could not be applied retroactively without implicating the Ex Post Facto clause.

Doe v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2020)

John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)

Posted: February 14, 2020

Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting permanent injunction, prohibiting in total the enforcement of any of Michigan's sex offense registration scheme to anyone who had committed their offenses prior to 2011, as well as prohibiting the enforcement of numerous provisions to any persons required to register.

John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)

State v. Jackson (Wis. Ct. App. 2019)

Posted: December 27, 2019

Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion finding that state statute that required disclosure of internet identifiers was not facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

State v. Jackson (Wis. Ct. App. 2019)

Fazili v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

Posted: December 9, 2019

Virginia Court of Appeals reversing trial court's imposition of general internet usage restriction as a condition of probation without articulating why such a condition would be narrowly tailored.

Fazili v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

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People v. Rollins (Ill. Ct. App. 2021)

Doe v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2021)

State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

United States v. Bobal (11th Cir. 2020)

Reed v. Long (M.D. Ga. 2020)

State v. Hill (La. 2020)

Doe v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2020)

John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)

State v. Jackson (Wis. Ct. App. 2019)

Fazili v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

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