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Grady heads back to N.C. Sup. Court

November 9, 2018August 2, 2019 Admin 22620 Views 14 Comments ankle bracelet, Fourth Amendment, grady, NC supreme court, reasonableness, satellite based monitoring, search, seizure, sex offender monitoring, US supreme court

By EMERY P. DALESIO . . .North Carolina’s Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked by GPS-linked devices, sometimes for the rest of their lives,

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Too little, too late from the Wilson Times editorial board

November 12, 2016August 2, 2019 Robin Vander Wall 15207 Views 4 Comments bob edmunds, certiorari, eugene volokh, Facebook, First Amendment, fundamental rights, nc legislature, NC supreme court, packingham, SCOTUS, sex offender registries, sex offenders, social media, US supreme court, wilson times

By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . While we’re happy to see that the editors at The Wilson Times understand the danger of legislative overreach when it comes to First Amendment

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UPDATE: SCOTUS grants cert; will hear NC Facebook case

October 28, 2016August 2, 2019 Robin Vander Wall 19556 Views 4 Comments constitutional rights, Facebook, First Amendment, free expression, free speech, justice bob edmunds, justice robin hudson, NC supreme court, packingam v north carolina, petitions, SCOTUS, social media, US supreme court, writ of certiorarI

By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . The United States Supreme Court has accepted the petition for a writ of certiorari from Lester Gerard Packingham who was arrested in 2012 for

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Packingham petition offers hope for change at nation’s highest court

May 23, 2016August 2, 2019 Robin Vander Wall 10710 Views 3 Comments civil rights, constitutional rights, Facebook, First Amendment, free expression, free speech, fundamental rights, internet access, minors, NC supreme court, packigham, sex offender registry, sex offenders, social media, speech, US supreme court, volokh conspiracy

By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . Among the more significant cases concerning registered citizens that have made their way to the United States Supreme Court, few have had as much

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When “ample alternatives” are neither

May 16, 2016August 2, 2019 Admin 7792 Views 0 Comments ample alternatives, civil rights, constitutional rights, Facebook, First Amendment, free expression, free speech, fundamental rights, north carolina, packingham, sex offenders, supreme court, US supreme court

By David Post . . . A couple of weeks ago, I joined 16 law professors in an amicus brief (authored by Eugene Volokh and several of his students) urging

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