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| Campus speech codes endangered by Supreme Court trademark ruling: legal experts |
| 2019-06-29 |
| h/t Instapundit The fight against restrictive college speech codes might have received new ammunition from an unlikely pair: trademark law and fashion. The Supreme Court struck down the U.S Patent and Trademark Office’s prohibition of "immoral or scandalous" names in trademarks. The 6-3 majority opinion by Justice Elena Kagan took issue with the Lanham Act for making viewpoint-based determinations, and thus infringing on First Amendment rights. A law professor and civil-liberties group separately told The College Fix that the decision in favor of fashion company FUCT is a boon for lawsuits against campus speech codes, bias response teams and other college policies that punish the content of speech. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 The Supreme Court’s ruling is “directly contrary” to the purpose of speech codes, which is to “try to shield people from anything that some protected group might find offensive.” I was a bit confused which side SCOTUS came down on this time. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-06-29 12:39 |