Media Coalition

Defending the First Amendment rights of media and entertainment

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In our recent amicus brief, we warn the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that should it adopt the state of Texas' arguments regarding the level of judicial review in First Amendment cases, there would be a grave impact on First Amendment doctrine.

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Last week, we filed an amicus brief in Ex Parte Jones, a Texas case over a state law that bars distribution of certain images without the consent of the person in the photo.

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Media Coalition submitted a memo in opposition to a proposed #Pennsylvania legislation that would impose a 10 percent tax on video games with violent content. #PAHouse #1A https://t.co/QwFmh7U0lr

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@NYLawJournal's Martin Schwartz analyzes the SCOTUS ruling in Lozman regarding First Amendment retaliatory arrest claims: https://t.co/5DqL28pWGO

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court uphold's rapper's conviction for "threatening" lyrics:
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The #DearBannedAuthor letter-writing campaign celebrates the stories that changed us. Ideas & resources on how your library can join during #BannedBooksWeek: https://t.co/uedasviCxe

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Last week, we signed a statement regarding the President's effort to intimidate the publisher of the Omarosa Manigault-Newman's book: https://t.co/UWFRBm3FcE @ncacensorship @AmericanPublish @simonschuster

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Heard about the lawsuit against the podcast S-Town? Read about the right-of-publicity law at the center of the suit here: https://t.co/mHrN1LWTWE

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@VolokhC looks at a "harmful to minors" case in Ohio, concerning a substitute teacher who showed the film "ABCs of Death" to a high school class: https://t.co/VuXil8eeLx

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ICYMI: On July 25, the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Higginbotham v. New York, a case on First Amendment retaliatory arrests. Read the order — and our amicus brief — here: https://t.co/ik8lQCbnn2

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Great read from @SCOTUSblog on #BrettKavanaugh and his record on #FirstAmendment: https://t.co/7SVwk8n9Hu

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The New York legislature adjourned this week without passing a proposed right-of-publicity legislation. Earlier this month, we submitted memos explaining our constitutional concerns with the bills as amended.

Read more about the bills and our analysis: https://t.co/11bUmoBnFw

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that probable cause does not bar Fane Lozman's First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against the City of Riviera Beach, Fla.

Read about the case and the amicus brief we submitted in December: https://t.co/Q3bOa9Cd2S

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Texas court strikes down law barring nonconsensual distribution of images as unconstitutionally overbroad: https://t.co/lXlA5bPGHT

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New York's highest court upheld the dismissal of Lindsay Lohan and Karen Gravano's lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive over images in "Grand Theft Auto V." Read more about the case here: https://t.co/B3Sogd3CVJ

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Today at 2 pm, President Trump will meet with video game industry members to discuss gun violence, despite that “Roughly two decades of research has repeatedly failed to uncover any such link.”
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If you're upset about what happened to #deyshiahargrave, check out this article by @TheAtlantic comparing her arrest to the Supreme Court case of Fane Lozman, which Media Coalition filed an amicus brief in. https://t.co/nEKTg6SW5f

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We submitted an amicus brief in the case of Lohan/Gravano v. Take-Two Interactive: here's coverage of it in Rolling Stone. More info about our amicus here: https://t.co/22UE37oBgY
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Defend the First Amendment. Make a tax-deductible contribution to Media Coalition Foundation today. https://t.co/mtZyJcKex2

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Indiana Supreme Court hears oral argument in a case to determine whether the state’s anti-SLAPP statue applies in a complaint against a doctor who reported suspected child abuse of her patient. https://t.co/7N8PAS4xst